{"product_id":"the-last-guillotine-of-paris-true-crime-a-serial-killer-and-the-final-public-execution-in-france-9798246535622","title":"The Last Guillotine of Paris: True Crime, a Serial Killer, and the Final Public Execution in France","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lena R. J. Holloway\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the late 1930s, as Europe drifted toward war, Paris became the stage for one of the most unsettling criminal cases in modern French history. A series of calculated murders, committed by a German con man operating across borders, culminated in a public execution that would mark the end of an era.\u003cbr\u003eThis true crime account examines the life and crimes of Eugen Weidmann, the last person executed by guillotine before a public crowd in France. His arrest and trial drew intense international attention, not only for the brutality of the crimes but for what they revealed about a continent on the brink of collapse.\u003cbr\u003eThe case was closely followed by American journalist Janet Flanner, then serving as The New Yorker's Paris correspondent. Through her reporting, the story of a single killer became inseparable from the wider political and moral crisis overtaking Europe. Weidmann's violence, spectacle, and execution reflected a society increasingly desensitized to cruelty and authoritarian control.\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Guillotine of Paris places a notorious murder case within its full historical context, tracing how crime, media, and rising extremism intersected in the final months before World War II. The result is a restrained, factual examination of violence, accountability, and the end of public execution in modern France.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47570653773975,"sku":"9798246535622","price":2089.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798246535622.webp?v=1774883363","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-last-guillotine-of-paris-true-crime-a-serial-killer-and-the-final-public-execution-in-france-9798246535622","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}