It is well known that before being executed, death row inmates can enjoy a good meal of wine and good food, which people call "severed head meals". The history of Chinese guillotines can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, when King Zhuang of Chu, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people and show his benevolence, sent them a rich meal before executing the traitors, so that they could eat enough and then be tortured. Later this habit continued and was considered a humanitarian concern.
On December 23, 1948, an unforgettable day for hundreds of millions of Chinese people, seven Japanese Class A war criminals were to be hanged on the death rack of Sugamo Prison in Tokyo: Hideki Tojo, Kenji Doihara, Seishiro Itagaki, Ishigen Matsui, Hyotaro Kimura, Hiroshi Hirota, and Akira Muto. The hands of each of these people are stained with the blood of the peoples of all countries.
In the spirit of humanitarianism, they were also allowed to enjoy the last meal of their lives, some of them offered to drink, some of them offered to smoke, and in general, their guillotine meal was decent, but only Hideki Tojo made a special request.
Hideki Tojo, the representative figure of Japanese militarism, a Class A war criminal in World War II, was also one of the main figures who invaded China and launched the Pacific War, this person had a fierce and cruel personality, arbitrary and arbitrary, so he was known as the "Razor General" in the Japanese Kwantung Army. Of the 55 crimes announced by the court that year, he Tojo Hideki accounted for 54 of them, and he was the most evil person!
However, such an arrogant man, after understanding that Japan was completely defeated, immediately instigated, before the Allied police arrested him, he took the pistol that Hitler gave him, shot himself in the chest (other Japanese officers chose to cut the abdomen), the result was that his hands were shaking, he did not hit the key point, and finally he was saved by the Allies, and for a while, Hideki Tojo was laughed at by everyone. Later, before the execution, he also shook his hands so much that he could not write his name well.
Such a cowardly person, when arranging his own guillotine meal, is quite demanding. According to the records, 30 minutes before the hanging, Hideki Tojo offered to drink "severed head wine", and also asked the Japanese monk and teacher Dr. Nobukatsu Kayama to preside over the procedure, the monk first prayed for him to the end, and then personally delivered a glass of wine to Hideki Tojo's mouth and let him drink it slowly.
After drinking, Hideki Tojo made a special request to eat a Japanese meal (other Class A war criminals ate meals uniformly distributed by the Allies, as shown in the picture).
Friends who have a little understanding of Japanese cuisine will know that Japanese cuisine is one of the most exquisite dishes in the world, it pays attention to natural color, delicious taste, diverse shapes, excellent utensils (requiring one dish and one instrument), and even the materials and cooking methods must follow the sense of season to achieve the dual enjoyment of sight and taste, so Japanese cuisine enjoys the reputation of "art tasted with the eyes".
But after all, it was the Japanese food that the prison helped prepare, and the level of cooking was definitely limited, so in the end Hideki Tojo did not eat a few bites.
On December 23, 1948, at 0:00 a.m., Hideki Tojo and the others were brought to the death rack on time, the American soldier next to him nodded, and then the pedal at hideki Tojo's feet was opened, and his body fell instantly, but Hideki Tojo did not seem to be reconciled, desperately twisting his body, and finally struggled for nearly 12 minutes before he died.
It is worth mentioning here that this man of heinous sin did not confess his sins until his death. Later, the Japanese also tried their best to get some of Hideki Tojo's ashes, and then sent them to the Yasukuni Shrine in Japan for offering, so it can be seen that the tumor of Japanese militarism has not been completely removed, so every Chinese of japan still needs to be vigilant!