captain_spalding said:

Cymek said:

captain_spalding said:

Robert Ley, Hitler’s labour minister, ‘hanged’ himself in his Nuremberg cell while sitting down.

He made a ‘rope’ from a strip of towel, tied it to a water pipe behind his toilet, sat on the toilet and tied the rope around his neck, and leaned forward to tighten the noose and strangle himself.

I imagine if you are in a cell and determined to hang yourself you’ll likely find a way.
I wonder if they get someone to check cells to see if it can be done as preventative measures

For the Nuremberg prisoners, the guards outside were under instructions to let no more than thirty seconds elapse between visual checks on any prisoner, via the peephole slot in the cell doors (the International Military Tribunal was very keen to see that they all faced trial)

The toilets were in small alcoves, just to the side of the cell. When prisoners sat on the toilet, their lower legs and feet were visible through from the cell door.

So, Ley’s guard saw nothing suspicious in Ley being on the toilet for several minutes. When he realised it was too long, it was also too late.