Assassination of Sadi Carnot
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On 24 June 1894, French President Sadi Carnot was assassinated by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio in Lyon, France. A part of the Ère des attentats anarchist terrorist campaign, it led to a hi
Johann Most, one of the main theoricians and inventors of the strategy of propaganda by the deed (1906)
Official portrait of Sadi Carnot (1887)
Caserio's dagger, featuring the inscriptions 'Toledo' (like the Spanish city) on one side of the blade and 'Recuerdo' (Remembrance) on the other.
Front page of Le Petit Journal, representing the attack (1894)
Ère des attentats
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The Ère des attentats, or the French anarchist campaign of attacks from 1892 to 1894, was a period in the history of France and the broader history of propaganda of the deed, marked by a significant w
Assassination of Sadi Carnot
…On 24 June 1894, French President Sadi Carnot was assassinated by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio in Lyon, France. A part of the Ère des attentats anarchist terrorist campaign (1892–1894), it led to a historic crackdown on French anarchist activities. Carnot was one of the main supporters of the…
Child French textile worker (13 years old) - France, 1911
Posthumous portrait of Maria Blondeau, detail from an illustration of the Fourmies shooting victims during the 1 May 1891 demonstration (L'Intransigeant Illustré)
Ravachol, in front of the guillotine, painted by Charles Maurin in 1893
Official portrait of Sadi Carnot (1887)