The Pittsburgh Press (October 9, 1946)
16 Germans hang for mass deaths
BAD OEYNHAUSEN, Germany (UP) – Sixteen German war criminals, convicted of slaughtering 40,000 concentration camp inmates, were hanged secretly yesterday in the biggest mass hanging in the British zone since the German capitulation.
The head of the infamous Neuengamme concentration camp was among those executed.
No official reason was advanced for a delay of five months after the sentencing for the executions.