British Hanging Gallows in Cyprus - Gorilla199
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Fascinating tour of the British colonial Hanging Gallows on the island of Cyprus. I go down into the trap door hole where the condemned were hanged from the gallows and also examine the awful cells where the condemned were held prior to being killed by hanging. A truly awful place where the cells were designed to echo and resonate every sound so that the prisoners were tortured by the sound of their own voice and movements. This is the awful truth about the executions by hanging at the British colonial prison in Nicosia Cyprus of alleged EOKA terrorists in the 1950's. There seems to be some doubts concerning the official stories about the hangings but this video is mostly about the prison and the gallows where allegedly 9 young Greek Cypriot men were hanged and buried on allegations of terrorism and allegedly buried in the grounds of the prison. The British authorities refused to give the bodies to the families and the bodies allegedly still remain in the prison grounds even after Cyprus gained alleged independence from Britain in 1969. No forensic evidence has ever been sought to confirm that they are actually buried there. There have been rumors that the alleged terrorists were not actually hanged but were part of a British stage managed plot to cause divisions between the Greeks Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, the British public, soldiers etc. The truth will only surface if the alleged grave plots are dug up and examined for remains but that does not seem to be on anyone's agenda. Until such a time ever arrives the facts will never be confirmed. The prison is an awful place with horrendous living conditions and cells which echo every sound which would have made the prisoners lives a living hell.
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Imagine the horror of waiting to be hanged. The terror must be beyond description.
So many clowns trying to justify the executions just because “19 years old is an adult not a child.” What distinguishes childhood from adulthood varies from region to region (plus at the time 21 was an adult in Cyprus). When we speak of the 18 year olds who fought and died at the Somme, they are brave boys who served their empire but when a boy of the same age fights for the release of his island from foreign rule he is a man of a terrorist organization and deserved to leave his life unfulfilled. Double standard.
As a youth in 1970 I got in trouble with the law and ended up in Bedford prison . Our prison photo was taken in the disused hanging room . We had to stand on the spot they dropped people through .... the wardens joked with us and even had a pic taken from a playboy magazine to stare at on the opposite wall . They told us that " this is where james hanratty was hung " .... I will let you discover him on you tube . But it has always been a strange sensation to be a convict and not a tourist on the same grisly spot .
My dad was sent to this prison in 1955 and sentenced to death
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On the day of the hanging they found he was only 15 years old
He was then put in prison for 3 years to be hanged on his 18 birthday
On his 18 he received a pardon from the queen of England and then released
You have your facts wrong there. If he was 15....and I am not saying that it didn't happen, he would have been commuted immediately. For an offence to be a capital case you had to be OVER 18 AT THE TIME YOU COMMITTED THE CRIME.
So....maybe you were told that story but it is not exactly true because he would have been reprieved as soon as they found out he was 15. It would have been illegal to wait until he was 18 and then hang him.
Elle Greeko - I think I'll file that under 'stuff that never happened'.
Wath had the uk, to do in cyprus?
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I'm somewhat sceptical that the rope was the original one used to hang all three prisoners. The whole idea of weighing and measuring the prisoner was to determine the length of rope needed so 3 people would need 3 different lengths unless they had very similar weight, height and build. The rope was attached to a weight matching the prisoner's, the night before the execution, to stretch the rope to ensure as quick a death as possible.
Being half Greek Cypriot this video gave me such an overwhelming feeling. Relatives of mine went through the struggle. Thank you for a good video .
Not 'hung'... pictures are 'hung'... people are hanged! That's the linguistic difference. Brutal or not, I'd rather be hanged than be hung!
Gordon Burns people were hung too " Jesus for one as he was hung on a cross by nails ".
I myself am hung like a donkey
My wife disagrees, definitely prefers me hung
What about well hung.
Aged 19 does not qualify to be called a child. At 18 you become an adult.
At those time in Cyprus you had to become 21 to qualify as a child. Also the video is wrong that guy was wrong the youngest was 17
I'm glad to see that you're making videos again sir. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for your humane commentary on this heinous judicial practice.
I read some terrible things that went on in a british Cypriot prison today. I cannot repeat it. It makes me feel sick to my stomach & ashamed to be British
It's not your fault for other people's animosity. But that's why history is important. We don't repeat the same mistakes 1
pity they dont reinstate it in Britain drug dealers murderess you would stop crime instead of these judges and politicians going soft on them
Apparently these Cypriots were (wrongly) considered as more dangerous at that time. Concerning drug dealers, remember the opium war.
Just like in the USA.
Shut up dude that’s so fucked up smh
excellent video , I know next to nothing about Cyprus & its history , but will definitely be looking into it after watching this, thanks for filming & uploading ,did you find out why they bricked up the door beneath the gallows?
So how many young men and teen conscripts did these so called heroes murder?
I called no one a 'hero' and there is evidence of masonic jiggery pokery in the whole Cyprus affair, including fake bombings, fake graves, fake stories and the simple minded who are quick to judge, self jury and pull the hangman's lever all by their own self. The heroes are as fake as the whole Cyprus issue on all sides my friend. It does not even look like they were hanged and they refuse to dig up the graves to prove it. As for young men murdered just because the BBC said so (and the BBC are known for telling the truth arnt they???) I suggest you ask the British Government and their assassin crisis actors.
@@gorilla199 wow
Well the 19 year old killed exactly nobody so congrats, you played yourself dumbass. He was arrested on suspicion.
There are a few people incarcerated in Gaols around GB that need this treatment
Especially for the case of Cypriots, let history and time make the judgement. This prison exposed to common view helps well this target.
Death becomes Tratiors and Teriosts Bring back thedeath penalty
Dallas McKenzie no, two wrong won’t make a right let them sit and think about what they’ve done don’t give them an easy way out
A 19 year old is not a child.....raising a child to be considered and treated as a child at 16 onwards is the parents fault....we need to raise people to take responsibility for their lives and actions...
Just read the statement of the father of Gregorios Afxentiou (age 39), after his son's death in the battlefield. It may clarify that duty of the other side was to revolt, and this has passed even to young family members. British side was wrong to defend colonialism, which collapsed after few years.
19 years old is not a child btw, that's an adult
The familiar guy Chris is Gregorios Axentiou. Top boy in EOKA! Im out there on Sunday mate .... Nice video.
1959? Chris when you were filming this, for some reason I thought we were talking about the early 19th century.... my history on this is slim to none. This is only a few decades ago! Disgusting treatment for a country *supposedly* founded on Magna Carta!
Need to educate yourself then before making sweeping statements
Unfortunately Magna Carta and developed democracy was for people of the country, not to say for a few of them. Foreigners and others have to accept and obey, otherwise.... Since Athenian democracy this has been a drawback.
Zophim314 yeah rapists and killers should be allowed to live on the taxes of the family of those they killed. Hanging is good
@@kostask7598 Magna Carta does not apply to commoners. The contract only covers the monarch and the barons.
@@julianpetkov8320 You are right, I have realized it few months ago seeing TV. Yet it was a step for democracy at that time. In Ancient Athens procedure was similar (King, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy). Even now we gradually approach democracy.
This is a fascinating video. Scotland's very own Harry B. Allen conducted a number of these executions together with Yorkshire's very own Harry Smith.
For a Prison, it’s was quite remarkably and beautifully built and still well maintained.
The past tense of hang, as in execution, is hanged, NOT hung.
You are correct. To say a person was hung is improper language. Thank you.
In U.K. it’s probably hung
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Lol. Not it isn't different in the UK. There are two verbs, to hang, one has the past of hung (like meat), while hanged is a way to kill.
I'm pretty sure it's hung
We are not splitting hairs are we? We all know that it is in the past tense.
Never forget, that the Greek Cypriots in the main welcomed British Administration. The Turkish Cypriots did not. That is why the Island nation is still divided... with the Southern Greek Cypriots still supporting Britain... that's why we still have RAF Akrotiri and Dhekelia Army Barracks on the island... Just look at Cyprus... they drive on the left, their road signs are the same as in the UK, their electrical system and household plugs and sockets are as in the UK... this video is pretty much made as sensationalism by someone who didn't even feel it necessary to employ an independent interpreter.
The British tried to keep order on the Island & many police officers in Cyprus were Turks, who welcomed the British too. Normal Turkish & Greek Cypriot communities welcomed the British. Extremists like EOKA & their supporters, along with nationalistic Turks didn't want peace & order,which is why there were bombings & assassinations . Britain kept Cyprus in order. Without Britain & the UN being there, it would have been like the Syrian war earlier.
Thanks for posting this.
At least they had access to a few bars.
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Thank u Gorilla for sharing all your amazing journeys. Lv how u c all the symbolism. I enjoy all ya vids. Peace b with u in these dark days.
@Steve Nichols
Who are you to say someone deserves to hang!!?
what is the obsession with the number 10 & x`s ? not all shapes are deliberate codes ..
I met the man in wales about 1980 who burned them , actually it was with a flame thrower- he and his mate used to tar the roofs of our Dutch barns - he had tottaly cracked up and was constantly pissed on rough cider, there was a vicous anger then as Eoka has captured a British officer and shut him in a small box whist Cyprus was searched for him - he died . Makrious their leader would have been shot out of hand, but was never found !
sgt of the military guard there the night two had the long drop on a short rope,and the grave yard was nothing like that shown.hole dug by fatigue party when filed soil just put back just a timber cross with name placed on it
I wonder how many British soldiers or Police were murdered by those 30 men who were judicially executed there? How much pain and suffering did they cause them and still cause to their families? They knew what the penalty was before they did that, and they still went ahead and did it. In India they achieved their emancipation through peaceful means suggested by Ghandi, and that option was also open to them but they did not choose that pathway. Archbishop Macharios did not condemn the murders these men carried out. The best one can say is they died for their belief in an independent Cyprus, which in itself is noble; however there were other ways available to them to achieve the objective.
+gcljohn EOKA killed 105 British soldiers
Unfortunately in war the majority of people that die are innocent. But the Cypriots fighting to get rid of colonization cannot be considered guilty. What Britain refused to give them at that time (a human right) created the eruption. Britain retreated later.
Cypriots tried the peaceful way first (thru UN), to no avail. You may want to look into the dialog between Greek prime minister Papagos and Ant Eden for the Cyprus issue (1953). Declarations of Ant. Eden stated that Cyprus would never be self- determined, which apparently threw oil into the fire.
Nevertheless a lot of nations gained independence in the following years; Britain would have to give it to Cyprus too. Fighters could not foresee such future developments, but British Diplomacy could and act accordingly.
gcljohn We tried peace it didnt work so we had to start teaching you a lesson and im glad those english imperialists died.
Interesting. I can read Cyrillic, so that allowed me to read Greek. I didn't know they were so similar.
Please bear in mind that this was the 60s turning into the early 70s .... PC did not exist . When waiting to change from civilian clothes to prison garb you were in a cell waiting for hours on arrival . The brown books ( a4 size ) telling you of your rights as a prisoner were still over 10 years old and laid out the detail for your rights as a condemmed person as well as ordinary convicts . Very weird reading that ......
So many things wrong, incorrect, misinformed and biased about this video.
Or "nothing hurts more than truth", as Romans said. Let time and public opinion judge it, if it has not done so already.
in what way is it misinformed?
what is that black mesh on the cell bars in the last cell?
I can assure you that those hung did not have graves like that,they just had a mount of earth,I was the Sergeant of the guard(military)and had to detail two men to dig graves for two that were hung in 1957,had to get pick some one for the watch tower was over the top of the hanging block as he would feel it when they (2)fell to their end
But why they were buried within the prison? Apparently to prevent other Cypriots to pay respect to them at that time.
@@kostask7598 It was British judicial law that any person condemned to death be buried in unconsecrated ground within the precincts of the prison were they were executed. old British prisons have grave areas some like pentonville with hundreds of graves.
Hanged
Great vid , done with sensitivity,
It was harry alan from leeds that done most of the hanging there . He took his friends over and stayed fir a few days photos shows them all have a cold beer after the hanging
Murder is awful, especially when carried out in such a cruel and ritualistic fashion.
Key word = RITUAL.
Hanging and Decapitation. Masonic.
I've seen 50× worse than that holiday camp. Turkiskish, Thailand and Nigerian prisons make that place look like centre parcs
Don't understand why he's saying 19 is only a child it is not a child at all as on your 18th birthday you are classed as a adult.
As I understand it, the meaning is that even young people had the desire for independence, apparently transmitted from elders. Some cases I consider do not concern killing, e.g. stealing weapons, shot at a policeman killed by another who escaped, injuring a int service agent (I do not know all cases). However they were not afraid to die and showed it during execution. They believed they were not murderers. This might be the hurting truth.
12:14 "Never mind the moustache, he's a child." Yeeeeeauhhh, nineteen isn't exactly a "child." A young adult, no question. But you can vote, join the military, smoke, drive, drink. You name it.
We went there during a school trip and by the end every single kid was crying. To think we were just 2 years younger than the kids who lost their lives so brutally was heartbreaking for everyone.
was sergeant of the military guard at nicosia prison the night two were hung
The cross that you recognised was of Grigoris Afxentiou, the Freedom Fighter who was burnt to death by the british in his cave hideout.
I often wonder about Brexit. Although I understand the want of the people to escape the clutches of the EU Commissioners, once we are outside of the European Court's jurisdiction a British government can virtually do what they want as far as we the people are concerned! Scary!! Particularly knowing what they have done in the past!!
Absolute nonsense.
but you didnt show how the trap door opens?
When the lever that was shown was pulled, it released a pin that opened the doors, so the man fell through to his death.
execution is not murder it actually is kinder than solitary
What you said there doesnt correlate with the point your trying to make. A bullet in the head is kinder than burning you at the stake, still murder...
@@micheypatsa so is solitary confinement
@@jmorton3462 Solitary confinement is literally not murder.
They weren't executed on "accusations", there were courts. You have to present evidence to say otherwise.
19 year olds are not children.
Hugo Lindum And what were there crimes? fighting for there freedom?
Lol your dumbass is so naive, you think war criminals care for due process. Youre either naive or just dumb.
You're not "a child" at 19. You're a grown man. And, it's a prison, not a spa. It's supposed to be spartan and hard.
When people is executed by hanging what happened if the rope snapped?
They would find a stronger rope and try again.
We get another rope and repeat the process untill the perpetrator dies
I forgive him Adrian , he is obviuosly feeling a little traumatised
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Damm, why do they say the condemned were hang? They were hanged at the gallows. I do not care if you are against capital punishment, but tell that to people whose loved ones were murdered or brutally slaughtered!
Of course it is sad that British soldiers were killed, but look also at the grief of the other side, which is much heavier and has been till now. History will hopefully clarify the errors of each side, the museum can expedite final judgement.
It's a prison.. Not The Hilton. Just remember that. ;)
I think you will find the word you are seeking is HANGED - not hung!
I think the word your looking for is space ranger
Someone needs to "sort out" the computor generated graphics on these video's!! They ars absolutely ludicdous! A bad joke! 😠
The death holding cell number two looked like non-smoking with no hole. Nice they got the choice.
lol
Good video.
The 'strap' in the display cabinet looks like the one they use that goes around the lower thighs so they can't spread their legs out anticipating the drop.
Very interesting video,a place i would like to visit myself, my thoughts would be one mans terrorists is anothers patriot depending what side you sit on.My view if i was from Cyprus i would be with them executed men, if i were British they may well have been terrorists ,either way it doesnt changed what happened. It reminds me of Jails and places of execution in Ireland where not only were they hung but also shot, one man in a chair as his was too ill to stand up. I think the thing you miss the point here is both sides in this story was the reality of killing, which most of these men British and Cypriot were well used to given 6 years of war then the bloodshed in cyprus at the latter end of it where very use to the the hardships, the cells for instance are the same the world over as regards to self harming that is the same today, any cell today will have nothing in it that would allow an individual to escape justice as you put it. the same goes for the execution chamber, it was the same in the Uk , Ireland Australia ,the USA or anywhere that carried out the death penalty, the condemned man got on the trapdoors, yes the noose was specifically measured for that particular individual for a very good reason, that was to stop them from strangulating or having their head pulled off, it was designed to instantaniously break their neck once the lever was pulled., it is sad to see that happen because these were what we would now probably term political crimes from the british point of view and the very fact that its still there shows how important it is to the Cyprus people and rightly so, but your video seems to be making the point more about being anti death penalty than about injustices, either way i enjoyed watching it and its important from a historical point of view that we remember these places
I have made it plain that I do not believe either side were innocent because both sides stage managed events in cahoots with each other. The only people who really suffered on all sides or were killed were those who have no idea of the disease on this Earth called Freemasonry. The key word here is Freemasonry.
@@gorilla199 Yet another conspiracy theory nutter.
@@yonniboy1 funny how the Greeks and Turks lived for hundreds of years together under ottoman rule and then coincidentally under the British they hate each other and want to kill each which they did all so Britain and America could have a base on the island once they raped and pillaged the country. Same thing in Sri Lanka Kenya India and the list goes on. This is not a conspiracy theory this is a fact.
I don't try to excuse any of this but consideration should be given to the time, place and circumstances of the penalties. After all, the British legal system executed a n18 year old (Derek Bentley) for NOT killing a policeman.(look it up!). Bad times, bad justice but it's still happening in some places!
They used the prisoners for black magic sacrifices
*The long drop hanging method is a quick death because the pain carrier nerves are totally destroyed in an instant and the condemned person brain stem with it's all important nerve ending's are ripped apart. Very much like pulling a telephone out of the socket, the D.I.Y home suicide method of neck suspension from a short rope is far different, the person is strangled and choked, he will become unconcious within 12 seconds, but will not be clinically dead for around 12 minutes. If you are planning on hanging yourself do find a 6.6" drop, or don't bother. Its too dangerous*
What I am about to say next........ (Anyone wanting to place bets what I am saying is not true I will give you odds of 10 to 1 in your favour)
I got falsely accused of SPYING once - (Seriously I did!) and in the country that it was in (No names mentioned) it was a HANGING OFFENCE!
(Trust me you do not want to bet because I have a Newspaper clip of my court appearance), I was arrested by armed police and held overnight in a cell. Next morning I was taken to court and I heard the police allegations. I thought you have got to be kidding me! I was not even formally charged and the first I heard of it was in court. I knew it was a hanging offence but I never thought I would EVER be facing such an allegation. I could write a book about how many scenarios flashed through my head in that instant. The judge listened to the police, asked them a few questions, asked my solicitor if she objected to me being detained for 8 days while the police searched half the country (Their words not mine) and then threw the case out. At that point hanging scenarios disappeared. So your enlightenment on how quick my execution would have have been are appreciated in the past tense.
For anyone wondering about the rest of this spying arrest story and what else happened before during and after...You wouldn't believe me even if I told you! (Hang on, yes you would because I still have the newspaper clipping).
Gorilla@199: It would be better understood if you named the country. (I'll give them £50 quid to still go through with it for you) In England executions were a sombre farce, the condemned never knew the gallows was in the cell next door, he was shamed by the Priest or Vicar to put on a brave face, reckoning he still had 15 minutes to live and that he had to endure a short nearer my God to thee sermon he did, whilst his wrists were being strapped a cupboard was slid along the wall by the jail-warders stood to his left to reveal a wood door which opened directly onto the galllows floor, he followed the hangman through this door and immediately the hood and rope was slipped around his neck and the lever pulled, from the hangman exntering the cell to the rope-dropping took 8- 9 seconds. He was quickly marched under the rope, he was left to hang for 15 minutes (tea break time) then cut-down. The USA clown who acted at Nuremburg never had a clue how it should be done.
I'm not getting into one with you, I learned that lesson, I just felt amused to remember the farce when I was taken to court as a "spy" and thought I would share it. Hope you enjoyed the video.
Your lucky I was interviewed 3 times by the Police as part of the Leeds Ripper enquiry, (Peter Sutcliffe, Bradford, 7? dead) I failed to take it seriously, treat it as a joke, and had the Police laughing at my couldn't care less attitude, it did have repercussions though my looney father in law thought I had done it otherwise the cops would not have been 3 times. this is explained because they had no computers and had 7 separate murder enquiries on the go, I had the same car, the same N.E. accent, today I worship the guy who almost blinded him about 7 years ago. Respects.
Not a bad prison. More like a hotel. Would be happy spend my last days here.
A classic example of the truism that the "winners " get to write the history. I say that without any knowledge of the facts, judgement or prejudice. Simply a caution to all to reserve judgement on any politically charged statement.
The EOKA terrorists made the IRA look like amateurs. I remember it well as I was a National Serviceman at the time. General Grivas not only fought the British but when the British handed over the island to the Cypriot Government he fought against them for Union with Greece. He then fought against the Junta in Greece. In the main he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people from both Cyprus Greece and the UK. 105 British soldiers ,most of them in their late teens or early 20s, were killed by EOKA so it was right that retribution was obtained. The presenter of this programme is naive to say the least.
+Roy Porter
Add 148 Greek Cypriots suspected of collaborating with the British and a unknown number killed in communal violence. Its a fair bet that the hanged fellows was overqualified for a neck lengthening in a time when murdering someone usually resulted in a date with the hangman.
Roy Porter to you they were terrorists to us they were heroes. Why were the British there in the first place?
You don't even know your own history. Richard the First (The Lionheart) took over the Island in 1190 on his way to the Crusades
Richard the Lionheart took over the Island in 1190 on his way to the Crusades
And that justifies colonial exploitation of the island for nearly thousand years???? including hanging their citizens if they dare to fight back?
could do with that now not the hanging but the prison conditions first time cons faced with this may be straitened up and made to think it can only get worse , no tv no x box no pencils to write on the wall just serve your time or the next time will be worse.
NICE !!.
I am also opposed to the death penalty and I find it unbelievable that some individuals can perform the task of executioner. People like Pierrepoint were so wrong, especially those that believed they had a calling from god to take multiple human lives.
19 is not a child. You need to read up in Pierrpoint. Bloody useless and pointless video. 100% bias.
Nothing hurts more than truth, as Romans said. History is judging both sides and clarifies the errors.
No noose is good noose
no, it is not
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Steve Nichols Crimes? Like what fighting for his freedom
This guy could be a Sacha Baron Cohen character.
Nice video. But...
a 19 year old i not a child
At those times it was. 1958 you had to become 21 to qualify as adult
Great Video and Explanations. Agree with your views!
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The familiar guy Chris is Gregorios Axentiou. Top boy in EOKA! Im out there on Sunday mate .... Nice video.