Eugene Weidmann being led to the guillotine

Eugene Weidmann (February 5, 1908–June 17, 1939) was the last person publicly executed in France. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Weidmann was born in Frankfurt am Main to the family of an export businessman, and went through 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. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...

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. Saint Cloud or St. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

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 checks. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

On September 1 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. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... The Promenade des Anglais in Nice on the French Riviera at night. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Weidmann next shot in the back of the head Raymond Lesobre, a real estate agent who was showing him around a house, and stole his car and wallet. Then 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. September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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 and to that of his accomplices. Weidmann, Million, Blanc and Tricot were tried in March 1939, with Weidmann and Million receiving the death sentence while Blance received a jail sentence of 20 months and Tricot was acquitted. Million's sentence was later changed to life imprisonment. 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

On June 17, 1939, Weidmann had his head chopped off by the guillotine in Versailles, outside the prison Saint-Pierre. The "hysterical behavior" by spectators was so scandalous that French President Albert Lebrun immediately banned all future public executions. June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Public guillotining in Lons-le-Saunier, 1878 Badische Guillotine The Maiden, an older Scottish design Portrait of Dr. Guillotin The guillotine is a machine used for the mechanized application of capital punishment by decapitation. ... Versailles, formerly the unofficial capital city of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ... 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. September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Hamida Djandoubi (1949?–September 10, 1977) was the last person to be guillotined in France, at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. ...