Mourning the recent death of his wife, Prussian state executioner Paul Spaethe dresses in a tuxedo, lights 45 candles - one for each person he beheaded - and shoots himself dead with a revolver.
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@100YearsAgoLive
Interesting story. However, according to Wikipedia, that is an image of Lorenz Schwietz, Paul's mentor so to speak.
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@GelHandlem17225
Darn it
If I had a nickel for every time in 2024 I tweeted the picture of the wrong executioner in an obituary, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that I did it twice.
Joseph Malta, an American hangman who executed 60 Nazi government and military leaders after the Nuremberg Trials, dies in Massachusetts. He was 80.
“It was a pleasure doing it,” he said in a 1996 interview.
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@100YearsAgoLive
Sometimes, it seems that grief is too much to bear. But, there is still meaning and worth in going through life. Sorry to hear.
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@100YearsAgoLive
I too, have been a victim of melancholy…..
Your emotions play strange games with your mind.
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