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6 giorni fa · Beheading by guillotine became the official civilian method of execution in Germany and a reported 16,500 people were decapitated between 1933 and 1945, including political dissidents like Sophie Scholl. 20 guillotines were placed across Germany, again turning executions into a public spectacle with townsfolk gathering to watch.
3 giorni fa · Albert Camus wrote in a 1956 book called Reflections on the Guillotine, Resistance, Rebellion & Death: An execution is not simply death. It is just as different from the privation of life as a concentration camp is from prison.
25 mag 2024 · Emile Ferfaille (1918) – guillotined in Furnes for murder – last guillotine execution; Nabil Amzieb (2016) – beheaded in Amsterdam by a Moroccan gang for conflicts in underground drug-war; Norway. Ole Nypan (1670) – executed for witchcraft. Anders Olson Lysne (1803) – executed for lèse-majesté.
1 giorno fa · Nine émigrés are executed by guillotine, 1793. Although intended to bolster revolutionary fervour, the Reign of Terror rapidly degenerated into the settlement of personal grievances. At the end of July, the Convention set price controls on a wide range of goods, with the death penalty for hoarders.
22 mag 2024 · Primary Source. An Ordinary Guillotine. Annotation. The guillotine was first introduced as a humane, efficient, and above all modern form of execution in April 1792; during the radical phase of the Republic, it would become the symbol of the Terror. This engraving suggests the guillotine is providing "good support for liberty."
7 mag 2024 · Getty Images. Christopher Lee often found himself in unexpected situations. Did you know that Sir Christopher Lee was... Born into Italian aristocracy. A witness to the last public execution by...
4 giorni fa · The guillotine was also used to execute people in Nazi Germany. It was last used in West Germany in 1949 and in East Germany in 1966. Meanwhile, the guillotine was brought to Vietnam in the early 20th Century when it was a French colony. The last execution in Vietnam by this method was in 1960. Image by mailme6 from Pixabay.
