Tag: executioners
On the death of Edgar Liegl, co-founder of the Passau Executioner’s House – Munich
Edgar Liegl and Walter Landshuter founded the famous executioner’s house in Passau in 1977 out of their desire to resist the rule. They created a stage for Bruno Jonas, Sigi…
The 40th executioner’s hatchet competition in Passau – Bavaria
For the 40th time, under the eyes of the first winner Hape Kerkeling, the Passau Executioner’s Hatchets will go to the best young cabaret talent. “A strong hatchet,” was how…
40 years of the Passau executioner’s hatchet – Bavaria
The executioner’s hatchet is one of the most prestigious German-language cabaret awards. In 1983 it was awarded for the first time in the Passau Executioner’s House. The winner back then…
Cabaret competition Executioner’s hatchet: More wit than side blows
The level at the 39th Passau cabaret competition for the executioner’s hatchet is high. One is particularly convincing: the winner Stefan Danziger. source site
Modern slavery near Toulouse: the two executioners sentenced
A 36-year-old mother and her 29-year-old brother tried since the beginning of the week before the assizes of Haute-Garonne were sentenced to respectively 17 years and 3 years imprisonment. She…
Russia: Vladimir Putin issues blank checks to Wagner executioners
A suspected traitor is executed in Russia. A murder is committed in front of the camera. What’s more, the state’s monopoly on the use of force is being trampled on.…
Autocracy versus democracy: Putin and Biden in the Orient – the comeback of the executioners
First US President Joe Biden traveled to Israel and Saudi Arabia, today Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdoğan are meeting in Tehran – the counter-event of the autocrats. Why the separation…
Benedikt Mitmannsgruber wins the 38th executioner’s hatchet in Passau – Munich
It was unusually bright and warm. Because the competition for the Passau executioner’s ax is usually associated with the dead of winter. But after the failure in 2020, the 38th…
Executioner’s Meal: These were the last meals of prisoners before execution
A multi-course menu or just a snack? What does one have an appetite for when one knows it will be the last meal one eats? In her photo series “Last…
Schongau – executioner’s sword goes back to museum – Bavaria
Executioner’s sword, rapier, pistols, equestrian sabers and halberds: 50 years ago, the State Criminal Police Office returned stolen weapons to the city museum in Schongau in Upper Bavaria. Including the…