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Sharp punishments, an awkward celebration, and youthful heroes in 1939
Out of the Morgue
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A crowd awaiting Eugen Weidmann’s execution gathers around the guillotine outside the Prison Saint- Pierre, June 17, 1939. It is the last public execution in France.
Each week we’ll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past. We’ll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what “the rest of the story” turned out to be.