Last Public Guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann Executed in Versailles, June 17, 1939
Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
Date: June 17, 1939
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