Watch Into History on Instagram: "In 1939, France carried out its final public execution by guillotine, closing a brutal chapter in the nation’s penal history. The execution took place outside Saint-Pierre Prison in Versailles, just before dawn, as was customary to limit public disruption though it had the opposite effect. Despite the early hour, large crowds gathered, treating the event less like a moment of justice and more like a form of entertainment. Witness accounts describe a disturbing a