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A Load Off Their Shoulders

From an article in 2005: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Severed Head

The story isn't specifically about French decapitations, but has an interesting illustration:

The severed heads of convicted armed robbers and twin brothers Auguste and Abel Pollet, guillotined on 11 January 1909.

Tue 18-Nov-08 | Posted in: People, History, Events
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A Load Off Their Shoulders