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Peter Kürten

1883 - 1931

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Peter Kürten (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈkʏʁtn̩]; 26 May 1883 – 2 July 1931) was a German serial killer, known as The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster, who committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and November 1929 in the city of Düsseldorf. In the years before these assaults and murders, Kürten had amassed a lengthy criminal record for offences including arson and attempted murder. He also confessed to the 1913 murder of a nine-year-old girl in Mülheim am Rhein and the attempted murder of a 17-year-old girl in Düsseldorf. Described by Karl Berg as "the king of the sexual perverts", Kürten was found guilty of nine counts of murder and seven counts of attempted murder for which he was sentenced to death by beheading in April 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Kürten is the 44th most popular extremist (down from 39th in 2019), the 813th most popular biography from Germany (down from 698th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Extremist.

Peter Kürten was a German serial killer who was convicted of nine murders and seven attempted murders. He was nicknamed the "Vampire of Düsseldorf" because he would bite his victims' throats.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Peter Kürten ranks 44 out of 283. Before him are Robert-François Damiens, Luis Carrero Blanco, Timothy McVeigh, Otto Ohlendorf, Andreas Baader, and Issei Sagawa. After him are Nedeljko Čabrinović, George Habash, Nathuram Godse, Joseph Kony, Jim Jones, and Sawney Bean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Peter Kürten ranks 37. Before him are Celâl Bayar, Johannes Blaskowitz, Angela Hitler, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Douglas Fairbanks, and Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia. After him are Nina Ricci, Zaifeng, Prince Chun, Joseph Pilates, Georgios Papanikolaou, A. S. Neill, and Erich Heckel. Among people deceased in 1931, Peter Kürten ranks 24. Before him are Geli Raubal, George Herbert Mead, F. W. Murnau, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Armand Fallières, and Nathan Söderblom. After him are Carin Göring, Eugène Ysaÿe, Dionysios Kasdaglis, Vincent d'Indy, Kitasato Shibasaburō, and Martinus Beijerinck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Kürten ranks 813 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), James Last (1929), Rudolf Otto (1869), Georg Jellinek (1851), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700). After him are Hugo Sperrle (1885), Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Eduard Dietl (1890), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), and Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Germany

Among extremists born in Germany, Peter Kürten ranks 5. Before him are Frederick Trump (1869), Ulrike Meinhof (1934), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), and Andreas Baader (1943). After him are Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Fritz Haarmann (1879), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Fritz Honka (1935), Willi Herold (1925), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), and Monika Ertl (1937).

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