Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 6 Apr 1871 Paris communards seized the local guillotine and burned it as a ...

#OtD 6 Apr 1871 Paris communards seized the local guillotine and burned it as a symbol of "monarchist domination". While some today glorify the guillotine, it has mostly been used by the powerful against workers, like Nazi Germany who beheaded 16,000 https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/books/products/voices-of-the-paris-commune