70 years ago on this date, December 4, 1946, Richard Drauz was executed by hanging in Landsberg Prison for war crimes.
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Richard Drauz |
Richard Drauz (help·info) (April 2, 1894 – December 4, 1946) was a Nazi German politician and Kreisleiter of Heilbronn, Germany. He was also Member of the Reichstag from 1933 until the collapse of the Third Reich after World War II. One of the most fanatical and violent NSDAP leaders in the last days of the war, Drauz was put on trial and executed by American occupation forces for war crimes in 1946.