The Nazis executed people by firing squad, gallows and guillotine. Death by firing squad was considered to be the most honorable and was used for military personnel. Hanging was the most preferred for its value as a public spectacle, but beheading was used for crimes of treason and related crimes. (See "The execution of women by the Nazis during World War II".)
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The term "Wehrkraftzersetzung" is also translated as "undermining military morale" and as "sedition and defeatism", as in the 1944 conviction of Oskar Kusch, one of two U-boat commanders to be condemned to death. According to the Oxford Companion to World War II, the term was also used with deserters.
The term "Wehrkraftzersetzung" is also translated as "undermining military morale" and as "sedition and defeatism", as in the 1944 conviction of Oskar Kusch, one of two U-boat commanders to be condemned to death. According to the Oxford Companion to World War II, the term was also used with deserters.