Anatole Deibler
Deibler and his assistants carry out the execution of a member of a criminal gang known as the Chauffeurs de la Drome,
Valence, Drôme, September 22, 1909
Anatole Deibler (October 20, 1863–February 2, 1939) was a French executioner. With the beheading of 395 criminals to his name, he was probably the most famous French executioner.[1]
See also
Sources
- Cora Lynn Deibler: Anatole Deibler, Last Public Executioner in France. 2011.
- Geoffrey Abbott: Execution: A Guide to the Ultimate Penalty. Summersdale Publishers Ltd, 2012.
- Carnets d’exécutions, 1885–1939, Anatole Deibler, présentés et annotés par Gérard A. Jaeger, Éditions L’Archipel, Paris 2004.
- Robert Frederick Opie: Guillotine: The Timbers of Justice. The History Press The Mill, Gloucestershire 2013.
Notes and references
External links
- boisdejustice.com.
- Letter from Paris, The New York, February 18, 1939
- Photo from 1923, criminalwisdom.tumblr.com
- Must Keep On Beheading People as Long as He Lives, The Milwaukee Sentinel, January 22, 1939
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| Preceded by Louis-Antoine-Stanislas Deibler |
Chief Executioner of the French Republic 1899 – 1939 |
Succeeded by Jules-Henri Desfourneaux |
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