The last public execution by guillotine in France took place on June 17, 1939, when Eugen Weidmann, a German serial killer, was executed outside the prison of Saint-Pierre in Versailles. Weidmann had been convicted of multiple murders, including those of a young American dancer and several others, committed in and around Paris. His execution drew an unusually large and unruly crowd, turning into a near-spectacle. Spectators reportedly laughed, drank, and even took photographs, and the chaotic at
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History Everyday on Instagram: "Eugen Weidmann (5 February 1908 – 17 June 1939) was a German criminal and serial killer who was executed by guillotine in France in June 1939, the last public execution in France. The “hysterical behaviour” by spectators was so scandalous that French President Albert Lebrun immediately banned all future public executions. However, the guillotine remained the official method of execution in France until the death penalty was abolished in 1981, just not for the publ
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🗞️Africa Gossip & News on Instagram: "#infoafricanews -In June 1939, outside Saint-Pierre Prison in Versailles, France, the nation witnessed its final public guillotine execution when Eugène Weidmann, a convicted serial killer, was put to death; the event was filmed and photographed as large crowds gathered in a chaotic scene cheering, laughing, and treating the execution as public entertainment an atmosphere that shocked authorities so deeply that the French government immediately banned all f
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