That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say to you: a crime is being committed against civilization.

Amery addressed between 40 and 50 inmates from various British Commonwealth countries and handed out recruiting material. ' Upon which Pierrepoint took his hand and placed it behind his back for pinioning and that the conversation was entirely limited to that remark". Amery was given a drop of 7 feet 8 inches when he was hanged by Albert Pierrepoint assisted by Henry E.

He was executed for treason after the war.