February 22, 1868 - Carl Gröpler
Gröpler served as the official executioner for the Prussian state across more than three decades, carrying out sentences that spanned both the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. His career of at least 144 executions, conducted primarily by axe, placed him at the intersection of bureaucratic authority and state violence during one of Europe's most turbulent periods.
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Franz Friedrich Carl Gröpler (22 February 1868, Magdeburg – 30 January 1946, Magdeburg) was Royal Prussian executioner (German: Scharfrichter) from 1906 to 1937. Responsible for carrying out capital punishment in the Prussian provinces, he executed at least 144 people, primarily by beheading with an axe, but also with guillotines. Gröpler was one of the most famous executioners in Germany.
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