Eugène Weidmann (February 5, 1908–June 17, 1939) was the last person to be publicly executed in France. is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Weidmann was born in Frankfurt am Main to the family of an export businessman, and went to school there. He was sent to live with his grandparents at the outbreak of World War I; during this time he started stealing. Later in his twenties he served five years in jail for robbery. Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

During his time in jail Weidmann met three men who would later become his partners in crime: Roger Million, Blanc and Fritz Frommer. After their release from jail, they decided to work together to kidnap rich tourists visiting France and steal their money. They rented a villa in Saint Cloud, near Paris, for this purpose. A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Saint Cloud or St. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

Their first kidnap attempt ended in failure because their victim struggled too hard, forcing them to let him go. Their second attempt of a New York dancer visiting France, Jean de Koven, was more successful, and Weidmann killed and buried her in the villa's garden in July 1937. The group then sent Million's mistress, Collette Tricot, to cash in Koven's traveller's cheques. NY redirects here. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A travelers cheque is a preprinted, fixed-amount cheque designed to allow the person signing it to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of having paid the issuer (usually a bank) for that privilege. ...

On September 1st of the same year, Weidmann hired a chauffeur named Joseph Couffy to drive him to the French Riviera where he shot him in the back of the head and stole his car. On October 17, 1937, Million and Weidmann arranged a meeting with a young theatrical producer named Roger LeBlond, promising to invest money in one of his shows. Instead, Weidmann shot him in the back of his head and took his wallet. A chauffeur in Japan A driver in Kerala A chauffeur is one who drives an automobile as a job. ... The Quai des États-Unis in Nice on the French Riviera at night. ... A theatrical producer is a type of producer who oversees the staging of theatre productions. ...

Weidmann next shot Raymond Lesobre, a real estate agent who was showing him around a house, in the back of the head and stole his car and wallet. On September 3, 1937, with Million, he lured Janine Keller, a private nurse who would be his fifth and final victim, into a cave with a job offer. There he killed her and stole her belongings. In the United States and parts of the Commonwealth (including Canada and Australia) as well as in many other countries, a real estate agent is a person who advises and represents others in transactions involving real estate. ...

The police eventually tracked Weidmann to the villa from a business card left at Lesobre's office and, after a shootout, arrested him. He then confessed to all his murders. Weidmann, Million, Blanc and Tricot were tried in March 1939, with Weidmann and Million receiving the death sentence while Blanc received a jail sentence of 20 months and Tricot was acquitted. Million's sentence was later changed to life imprisonment. Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On June 17, 1939, Weidmann was beheaded by the guillotine in Versailles, outside the prison Saint-Pierre. The "hysterical behaviour" by spectators was so scandalous that French President Albert Lebrun immediately banned all future public executions. Video of the execution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYW54_bydM8 Historic replicas (1:6 scale) of the two main types of French guillotines: Model 1792, left, and Model 1872 (state as of 1907), right The guillotine is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. ... Versailles (pronounced in French), formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... Albert Lebrun (August 29, 1871 - March 6, 1950) was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940, and as such was the last president of the Third Republic. ...

Executions by guillotine in France continued in private until September 10, 1977, when Hamida Djandoubi was the last person to be executed. Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Hamida Djandoubi (1949?–10 September 1977) was the last person to be guillotined in France, at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. ...