Anatole Deibler

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Anatole Deibler
Anatole Deibler, pictured in July 1900
Born	Anatole Deibler (1863-11-29)29 November 1863 Rennes
Died	2 February 1939(1939-02-02) (aged 75) Paris
Nationality	French
Occupation	executioner

Deibler and his assistants carry out the execution of a member of a criminal gang known as the Chauffeurs de la Drome, Valence, Drôme, 22 September 1909

Anatole Deibler (29 November 1863 (Rennes) - 2 February 1939 (Paris)) was a French executioner. Succeeding his father, , as the lead French executioner, he participated in the execution of 395 criminals during his 54-year career. During his 40 years as lead executioner he was responsible for 299 beheadings. He is considered one of the most famous French executioners.^[1] This is due to the fact that most of his executions were public and were widely reported by the media. The advent of the camera made him somewhat of a celebrity. Deibler died suddenly from a heart attack at a metro station while on his way to his 300th execution.^[2]

See also[]

• Abel Pollet
• Guillotine

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.
• Anatole Deibler: Carnets d'exécutions, 1885–1939,, 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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