Serial killer Fritz Haarmann: "The butcher of Hanover"

No other serial killer has fascinated the Germans as much as the "Slayer of Hanover". How many men Fritz Haarmann killed is unclear. 100 years ago he was executed.

First he has sex with them, then he bites their throats: Fritz Haarmann kills at least 24 young men over 100 years ago. For this he is executed in 1925. A morbid fascination has remained obvious.

London has Jack the Ripper and Hanover has Fritz Haarmann. The serial killer bit his victims dead and then dismembered them. 100 years ago he was executed - and looked forward to going into history.

"A moment, then I have a rest: With these words the serial killer Fritz Haarmann wanted the beheading as punishment. On 15 April 1925 it was time. Completely enlightened the morbid-fascinating story about the at least 24 times murderer is not even a century later.

Fritz Haarmann's cruel crimes shook the Weimar Republic. The serial killer was executed 100 years ago.

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