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Barbazanges, Pierre (1913-1938)
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What the fears of war may do is shown in the following dispatch sent last week from Paris: Pierre Barbazanges, a 25-year-old bookkeeper whose fear of war drove him to kill his wife, had died from self-inflicted bullet wounds. |
What the fears of war may do is shown in the following dispatch sent last week from Paris: Pierre Barbazanges, a 25-year-old bookkeeper whose fear of war drove him to kill his wife, had died from self-inflicted bullet wounds. |
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+ | Fearful of being called to the colors, Barbazanges shot his wife and himself when the government ordered partial mobilization. The parents of Mme. Barbazanges, also fearing war, hanged themselves shortly afterward. |
Latest revision as of 14:10, 9 July 2013
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1938 Oct 12 p. 1
Birth date: 1913
text of obituary:
INSANE FEAR OF WAR BRINGS FAMILY TRAGEDIES
What the fears of war may do is shown in the following dispatch sent last week from Paris: Pierre Barbazanges, a 25-year-old bookkeeper whose fear of war drove him to kill his wife, had died from self-inflicted bullet wounds.
Fearful of being called to the colors, Barbazanges shot his wife and himself when the government ordered partial mobilization. The parents of Mme. Barbazanges, also fearing war, hanged themselves shortly afterward.
