The Crimes Of The Hangman Of Buchenwald

During the Second World War, inside of the concentration camps some of the most evil war criminals worked at camps such as Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald. One such guard and torturer who worked at Buchenwald was Martin Sommer who received the nickname, 'The Hangman of Buchenwald,' for his brutal treatment of prisoners. Sommer was known for being one of the guards who administered torture and interrogated prisoners, and he was known for killing them with his bare hands once he had extracted information. It's alleged that he injected carbolic acid into them once they were deemed of no use to him, but he also went further. He administered whippings there, but he was known as the Hangman for horrific reasons. Martin Sommer would regularly lead groups of prisoners into the forests near to Buchenwald where he suspended them by their arms from trees there. The screams of the prisoners would echo across the camp but he also executed two Austrian priests Otto Neururer and Matthias Spannlang by crucifying them upside down for 34 hours before they succumbed to their ordeal. He was deemed an SS guard who was too brutal for the SS and was later sacked and forced to fight in a prisoners battalion on the Eastern Front for his crimes. He was later imprisoned after the war for his work at Buchenwald and also Dachau, but many of the Hangman of Buchenwald's crimes remain untold today. Join us today as we look at, 'The DISGUSTING Crimes Of The Hangman of Buchenwald.' To support our channel, please make sure to subscribe. Check out our SECOND CHANNEL TheFortress for a new video EVERY DAY! Subscribe to this by clicking this link:    / thefortresss   Thanks for watching! Support the channel by subscribing, liking, and sharing. Follow me on Twitter:   / theuntoldpast   Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/theuntoldpast Disclaimer: All opinions and comment stated below in the Comments section do not represent the opinion of TheUntoldPast. All opinions and comments and dialogue should discuss the video above in a historical manner. TheUntoldPast does not accept any racism, profanity, insults, sexism or any negative discussion aimed at an individual. TheUntoldPast has the right to delete any comment with this content inside it and also ban the user from the channel.