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France's Last Guillotiner Writes His Memoirs

NPR | By Scott Simon
Published November 1, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

Host Scott Simon speaks with the last French "guillotiner." Fernand Meysonnier, the final person able to say he has operated a guillotine in France or its territories, has just published his memoirs.

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Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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