Execution Tales Chapter 51 Part 14
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Marie-Louise Giraud
Louis Deibler, the last headsman in France to guillotine a woman, became so distraught & emotionally unnerved by the experience that he had resigned his position rather than have to do it again.
Jacque Desfourneaux, Deibler’s replacement, was made of stronger stuff & executed five women between 1941 & 1943. All were condemned by Marshall Petain’s Vichy government.
During the war the collaborationist regime passed harsh laws of a puritanical nature to encourage higher moral values & family virtues. Revolutionary equality for all men & women had returned with a vengeance.
A new law prohibiting abortion resulted in the beheading of the last of the five women, Marie-Louise Giraud, a back street abortionist who was guillotined in 1943. She did not go to her death quietly, but screaming, fighting & struggling
Louis Deibler, the last headsman in France to guillotine a woman, became so distraught & emotionally unnerved by the experience that he had resigned his position rather than have to do it again.
Jacque Desfourneaux, Deibler’s replacement, was made of stronger stuff & executed five women between 1941 & 1943. All were condemned by Marshall Petain’s Vichy government.
During the war the collaborationist regime passed harsh laws of a puritanical nature to encourage higher moral values & family virtues. Revolutionary equality for all men & women had returned with a vengeance.
A new law prohibiting abortion resulted in the beheading of the last of the five women, Marie-Louise Giraud, a back street abortionist who was guillotined in 1943. She did not go to her death quietly, but screaming, fighting & struggling
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