Egidij Fuks, a Misanthrope from Metlika and a Candidate for Executioner Cover Image

Egidij Fuks, mizantrop iz Metlike i kanditat za krvnika
Egidij Fuks, a Misanthrope from Metlika and a Candidate for Executioner

Author(s): Ivan Janković
Subject(s): Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Centar za unapređivanje pravnih studija
Keywords: sentence of death; hangman; executioner; civil servant; executions; Egidij Fuks

Summary/Abstract: The author points out interesting data pertaining to the office of executioner in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, and other European states. As state executioner had been retired, Egidij Fuks applied to be elected to the office of executioner who will carry death sentences in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians. The text offers insight in the motives and circumstances of his application, as well as the context in which the new executioner has been elected.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 229-238
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian
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