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Bernard Crettaz
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    Crettaz, et comme l'espérance est violente...

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    The son of Valais mountain farmers, Bernard Crettaz, was an imminent ethnologist and sociologist. Creator of the "cafés mortels/death cafés", Bernard Crettaz has made death his life's work. He was known as "Mr. Death".

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    2023-11-01

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