Last Public Guillotine Execution in France: The Chilling End of Eugen Weidmann's Life in 1939

The guillotine, often seen as a relic of the past, remained in use in France long after the French Revolution. The photograph captures the chilling moment of the final public execution with the guillotine, when serial killer Eugen Weidmann was executed on June 17, 1939. Shockingly, France continued to employ this method of capital punishment until 1977, marking a haunting chapter in its history.