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What deeply horrifying public attraction was still actively operating in multiple European cities well into the 1950s?

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What deeply horrifying public attraction was still actively operating in multiple European cities well into the 1950s?

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What deeply horrifying public attraction was still actively operating in multiple European cities well into the 1950s?
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