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Fritz Haarmann

1879 - 1925

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Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (25 October 1879 – 15 April 1925) was a German serial rapist and serial killer, known as the Butcher of Hanover, the Vampire of Hanover and the Wolf Man, who committed the sexual assault, murder, mutilation and dismemberment of at least twenty-four young men and boys in the city of Hanover between 1918 and 1924. Found guilty of twenty-four of the twenty-seven murders for which he was tried, Haarmann was sentenced to death by beheading in December 1924. He was subsequently executed by guillotine in April 1925. Haarmann became known as the Butcher of Hanover (German: Der Schlächter von Hannover) due to the extensive mutilation and dismemberment committed upon his victims' bodies, and by such titles as the Vampire of Hanover (der Vampir von Hannover) and the Wolf Man (Wolfsmensch) because of his preferred murder method of biting into or through his victims' throats. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Haarmann is the 62nd most popular extremist (down from 43rd in 2019), the 1,118th most popular biography from Germany (down from 890th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Extremist.

Fritz Haarmann was a German serial killer who killed at least 24 people, mostly young men.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Fritz Haarmann ranks 62 out of 283. Before him are Tex Watson, Karl Denke, Friedrich Jeckeln, Gary Gilmore, Dennis Rader, and Edmund Kemper. After him are Tommaso Buscetta, Henri Désiré Landru, Aileen Wuornos, Rodney Alcala, Marvin Heemeyer, and Jordan Belfort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Fritz Haarmann ranks 41. Before him are Ali of Hejaz, Joseph Wirth, Hans Hahn, Victor Sjöström, Wanda Landowska, and Max Schreck. After him are Bedřich Hrozný, Friedrich Adler, Sarojini Naidu, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Boris Savinkov, and Adolf Strauss. Among people deceased in 1925, Fritz Haarmann ranks 42. Before him are Robert M. La Follette, Christian Michelsen, Lovis Corinth, Pierre Louÿs, Max Linder, and Eugen Sandow. After him are August von Wassermann, Moritz Moszkowski, Antti Aarne, Boris Savinkov, Clément Ader, and Michel Verne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fritz Haarmann ranks 1,118 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752), Rodolphe Seeldrayers (1876), Georg Böhm (1661), Günther Rall (1918), and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939). After him are Peter Sloterdijk (1947), Ernst Schröder (1841), Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778), Michael Wolgemut (1434), Gustav Noske (1868), and Heinrich Barth (1821).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Germany

Among extremists born in Germany, Fritz Haarmann ranks 7. Before him are Frederick Trump (1869), Ulrike Meinhof (1934), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), Andreas Baader (1943), Peter Kürten (1883), and Friedrich Jeckeln (1895). After him are Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Fritz Honka (1935), Willi Herold (1925), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), Monika Ertl (1937), and Armin Meiwes (1961).

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