From what I can gather nothing much is really known about this photo. Often cited as the earliest 'news' photograph, as it captured an event. Who the man was or his crime are lost to time.
This was a very busy street, but due to the slow speed of the photograph meant everyone else moved too fast to be recorded except for the relatively stationary shoeshiner and shoeshinee in the bottom left corner.
On February 8th, 1943, she was captured by the 7th SS Prinz Eugen Division. She was interrogated, tortured and beaten for 3 days, but refused to say anything. On February 11th, she was publically hanged.