Tuesday, 22 October 2024

A Swiss guillotine

 A  new post  on Atlas Obscura features a surviving Revolutionary guillotine on display at the Tavel House in Geneva.  

The guillotine was used to execute 36 prisoners during the French occupation of Geneva, from 1798 to 1813.


 The Geneva guillotine was used as a model for the one in Zurich:
The guillotine maker – Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog

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