Hermann Goering
Oct 15 Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison at 53
Alfred Jodl
Oct 16 Alfred Jodl, German general during World War II (head of the German High Command, signed unconditional Nazi surrender), hanged by Allied forces after the Nuremberg trials at 56
- Oct 16 Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged
- Oct 16 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54
- Oct 16 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS/SD), hanged at 43
- Oct 16 Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi General of Labor, hanged at 51
- Oct 16 Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor (Hebridean Symphony), dies at 78
Hans Frank
Oct 16 Hans Frank, German Nazi Governor General of Occupied Poland, hanged by Allied forces after the Nuremberg war trials at 46
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Oct 16 Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister and war criminal, hanged at 53
- Oct 16 Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged
Wilhelm Keitel
Oct 16 Wilhelm Keitel, Nazi Military Leader (head of the German High Command), is hanged at Nuremberg at 64
