Un infanticide à Rochefort en 1911

Hervé Porcher

Un crime féminin, un crime de jeunesse, un crime de la solitude, un crime de la misère : l’avortement de la pauvre.

Newborn baby killing case in Rochefort

In 1911, a 24 -year old  woman who had been abandoned by her lover killed her newborn baby. Infanticide was often the tragic consequence  of utter solitude, despair  and  poverty.

Thèmes : justice, société