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Hangmen at War – new book published online

Hangmen at War - Richard Clark & Traugott Vitz - 2018 (from Traugott Vitz site)
Hangmen at War – Richard Clark & Traugott Vitz – 2018

A year ago, I reviewed an article by Traugott Vitz posted on Kriminalia Magazine online. The article, The Executioner at War: Soldiers, Spies, and Traitors, was an English translation of a chapter from Vitz’s book Langes Seil Schneller Tod: Wie Grossbritannien seine Moerder haengte (Long Rope Quick Death: How Great Britain hanged its Murders). It was a fascinating article and I am halfway through Langes Seil; a slow read due to my rusty German. It’s a fascinating book so far.

This past week, Vitz let me know that he has published another book, this one in partnership with Richard Clark, the man behind the Captial Punishment UK site. Hangmen at War has been published in English (yay!) and, until recently (Oct 2021) was available online in its entirety. Due to SimpleSite becoming a paid platform, Traugott has now moved the documents to the Capital Punishment UK site.

There is a chapter dedicated to Spies, Traitors and Saboteurs, in which Josef receives some attention. The following chapter addresses the issue of murdered Allied Airmen and, although I have only skimmed it, looks to be very intriguing.

I am definitely adding this book to my “to-read” list.

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