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GUILLOTINES ON THE WEB

The following sites are all related to the guillotine.
If you know of others please submit them to my E-mail address: boisdejustice@verizon.net or boisdejustice@hotmail.com for inclusion in this list.

THE GUILLOTINE HEADQUARTERS - Excellent website with incredible 3D computer models of the guillotine as well as drawings to build your own model.
L'ART DE BIEN COUPER - This huge site is in French. It is the best site for massive amounts of information, photos etc. all relating to the guillotine.
GUILLOTINE FORUM - A great place to discuss anything that pertains to the machine, the executioners, the death penalty and anything related. Many posts are in French but there are also quite a few English-speaking members.
HENKER MUSEUM - This Swiss museum houses several guillotine models, including one of mine. It also has a full size guillotine on display. Lots of pictures on the website.
THE WIKIPEDIA GUILLOTINE PAGE - Online encyclopedia with some interesting facts about the guillotine.
DREAD WILLIAM - Working model guillotines loosely based on the 1792 design are for sale on this site. Also featuring the smallest model guillotine in the world.
LA GUILLOTINA - Working model guillotines based on the 1792 design are for sale on this Spanish site.
MUSEE DE L'ARCHE - Located in Saint-Pierre, this museum exhibits the only real guillotine in North America. Currently not shown on their website. Contact them for more information.
THOMAS JEFFERSON's POPLAR FOREST: The French & American Revolutions.
THE SWISS GUILLOTINE - Webpage in German about the Swiss guillotine used until 1940.
THE CHAPEL PERILOUS - Three Webpages about the guillotine and the French terror.
GUILLOTINE MODELS - Three great theatrical models designed by David Cellitti.
THE MOBILE GUILLOTINE - This small French museum houses a real unusual (but probably fake) guillotine dating back to the Revolution. Webpage is in French.
GUILLOTINE HISTORY PAGE - Richard Clark's extensive site focusing on the death penalty in England has a page dedicated to the history of the guillotine with some interesting facts about the German guillotine.