4 January 1946: William Joyce,known as Lord Haw-Haw, who started his Nazi propaganda broadcasts with ‘Germany calling, and ’ is executed for treasonThe capture of Lord Haw-Haw,30 May 1945“Judgment of death was this day executed on William Joyce in his Majesty’s Prison of Wandsworth.” These formal words on a notice external the prison conveyed the news that Joyce had paid the penalty of his treachery seven months and six days after his capture by British officers near the Danish frontier.
Giving evidence at the inquest later, Sir Bernard Spilsbury said that death was instant, and the Governor of the prison said that Joyce made no complaints. The jury,whose request to see the body was granted, returned a verdict of judicial hanging.
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Source: theguardian.com