This method was later also adopted by the successor states, most notably by Czechoslovakia, where the "pole" method was used as the single type of execution from 1918 until the abolition of capital punishment in 1990. The executioner would place the heel of his hand beneath the prisoner's jaw to increase the force on the neck vertebrae at the end of the drop, then manually dislocate the condemned's neck by forcing the head to one side while the neck vertebrae were under traction. The executioner stands on a stepped platform approximately 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) high beside the condemned.The chest sling is released, and the prisoner is rapidly jerked downward by the assistant executioners via the foot rope.A narrow-diameter noose is looped around the prisoner's neck, then secured to a hook mounted at the top of the pole.The condemned is hoisted to the top of the pole by means of a sling running across the chest and under the armpits.A rope is attached around the condemned's feet and routed through a pulley at the base of the pole.The condemned is made to stand before a specialized vertical pole or pillar, approximately 3 metres (9.8 ft) in height.Mass execution of Serbs by Austro-Hungarian army in 1916Ī short-drop variant is the Austro-Hungarian "pole" method, called Würgegalgen (literally: strangling gallows), in which the following steps take place:
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