Ravachol

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François Claudius Ravachol (French: [ʁavaʃɔl]; born Koenigstein; 14 October 1859 – 11 July 1892), also known as the Christ of Anarchy, was a French illegalist anarchist mainly known for his terrorist activism, impact, the myths that developed around his figure, and his influence on the anarchist movement, French society and art. He is also credited as being one of the main launchers of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). Born in 1859 in Saint-Chamond, in the Saint-Étienne area, Ravachol grew up in poverty and domestic violence. Later, he began a life of crime marked by the murder and robbery of a rich hermit. In this city, Ravachol gradually adopted anarchist ideas and met other activists, such as Rosalie Soubère and Joseph Jas-Béala. He managed to escape from arrest, and with these two accomplices, the militant moved to Paris in 1891. There, joined by the young anarchist militant Charles Simon, Clotilde Mabillon, her husband Chaumartin and maybe Gustave Mathieu, they carried out the Saint...

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