The last public execution by guillotine in Paris 1939
The last public execution by guillotine in Paris 1939 Eugene Weidmann became the last person to lose his head in public. He was executed for several kidnappings and murders. One person to witness this execution was the famous actor Christopher Lee(may he rest in peace) when he was just seventeen years old. This wasn't the last execution by this old device, it was used in non-public executions into the 70s. Here is the story 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. Their first kidnapping attempt ended in failure because their victim struggled too hard, forcing them to let him go. In July 1937, they made a second attempt, Weidmann having made the acquaintance of Jean De Koven, a 22-year-old New York City dancer visiting her aunt Ida Sackheim in Paris. Impressed by the tall, handsome German, De Koven wrote to a friend: "I have just met a char...