Jean-Baptiste Troppmann
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Jean-Baptiste Troppmann was a French spree killer born in 1848 and executed on January 19, 1870.[1][2]
His crimes are referenced in Mikhail Bakunin's book God and the State,[3] and his execution was witnessed and written about by Ivan Turgenev.[2][4] A reference is made to him in Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar.
Bibliography
- Brumfield, William С. (2014), "Invitation to a Beheading: Turgenev and Troppmann", Informatsionnyi gumanitarnyi portal “Znanie. Ponimanie. Umenie” (6), archived from the original on 16 March 2015, retrieved 17 March 2015.
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