Sunday, January 30, 2011

Last Guillotine Execution in France



There is actually not much to this video, but it is important for historical reasons. It apparently shows the last execution by guillotine in France. A man, Eugen Weidmann, is led to the guillotine, placed on it, and then the blade falls. Part of his body, apparently the headless corpse, falls off the platform and is then picked up and carried off. The head is apparently on the other side of the platform.

This video is not as disturbing as I thought it would be for some reason.
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous8/11/2011 12:18:00 PM

    Just to get my 2-cents in, I would like to see the African guy who slapped the girl in France for resisting his sexual advances, and also his buddy who kicked her to the ground... to both be guillotined.

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  2. Shawn S.3/05/2014 07:46:00 PM

    The video is of the last PUBLIC execution in France. The last execution in France was 10 Sept. 1977, the last time the Guillotine was used.

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