German serial killer Fritz Haarmann: biography, crimes, characteristics

His unprecedented atrocities aroused fear and horror on those around him. The very fact that this man from German Hanover, after committing murders, drank the blood of his victims and processed their bodies for sausage suggests that in society he absolutely does not have a place. Serial killer Fritz Haarmann was a real fanatics and murderer. He was nicknamed "the Hanoverian vampire" and "Hanoverian butcher". Naturally, we can not but be interested in the biography of Fritz Haarmann (German sadist) and the motives of his behavior, which otherwise can not be called a deviation. So, what is known about the monster from Germany, which with special cruelty and coolness deprived people of life?

Biographical information

Friedrich Fritz Haarmann is a native of the German city of Hanover. He was born on October 25, 1879. His father worked as a simple stoker of a locomotive. With a high degree of probability, it can be argued that the young Fritz inherited such qualities as temper, secrecy and narrow-mindedness from his parent.

He disliked and even feared his father, but had to obey him, because he talked to him from a position of strength. His displeasure and irritability was influenced by the boy's behavior toward those who were weaker and younger. Sometimes Fritz splashed out his anger on animals. Naturally, this asocial behavior of a teenager could not help but get into the sight of the police, who once warned a bully that if his behavior does not change, then he has every chance to go to jail. Realizing this, Father Fritz decided to give the young man to an educational institution with a military bias. In the non-commissioned officer's school the future serial killer of any diligence in his studies did not demonstrate, although he did not violate the discipline.

Conflict with father

After some time after the termination of the above-mentioned educational institution, the young man is placed in the psychiatric hospital of Hildsheim. For what? For molesting minors. The experts concluded that Haarmann Fritz can not give an account of his actions. At the same time, in his behavior, they did not discern any riot and ferocity, so the young man could count on a "sparing" stay in the medical institution.

But then the hooligan escapes from the "psychiatric hospital" and goes to Switzerland, where he is engaged in vagrancy and petty hooliganism. Seeing that he was the object of close attention to law enforcement officials, Fritz goes to his native Hanover. However, his parent was not delighted that his prodigal son returned home. Between the father and his son a quarrel broke out, and the young man left his native penates. He again began to lead the way of life that he chose upon his arrival in Switzerland.

After some time, Fritz decides to return to the sun. He was identified in the 10th Jaeger Battalion, deployed in the province of Alsace.

Own business

In 1918, the young man was demobilized from the army. During the years of service, he earned a certain amount of money, which he was very useful for a citizen. The future serial killer Fritz Haarmann tries his hand at the field of entrepreneurship and opens a confectionery outlet where buyers are offered not only buns and cakes, but also meat products, which at that time were for many a real delicacy.

The beginning of criminal activity

The first object of Fritz's attack was a young man Friedel Rote.

The owner of the confectioner got acquainted with the victim on the street, and then invited him to settle in his dwelling. As it turned out, Rote adhered to unconventional sexual orientation and came to Hanover in order to be closer to the LGBT community representatives.

Soon, Fritz will write to Friedel's mother a message in which he says that his son was sheltered by a "caring uncle," while not forgetting to indicate his address. The boy's mother became agitated when she received the postcard. She immediately went to the police station. Soon the guards of order were already knocking at the dwelling of the owner of the confectionery. Fritz did not open the door, and then the police had to use force to get into the house. They saw a horrible picture: Haamann almost finished hacking Friedel's dead body, whose head was hidden behind the curtain of the window. But the police did not find her. Fritz explained his actions simply: "I cut the beef." The police did not suspect anything.

He was arrested later, but not for murder, but for indecent behavior. He was sentenced to 9 months.

Werewolf in epaulets

Coming out of prison, Haamann realized that it was necessary to act more cautiously, and the military skills acquired in the past helped him in this. After some time Fritz arranged to work for the police. In the status of law enforcement, it was easy for him to find new victims. To this end, the serial killer Fritz Haarmann often visited the waiting room of Hanover Central Station. It was this area at night, considered a zone of increased danger, so it was carefully guarded.

Wrapped in a police uniform, Haamann easily found objects of attack without much difficulty. Most often they became some kind of unkempt youth. Seeing this, the serial killer Fritz Haarmann approached the victim, showed a badge of the policeman and offered to shelter the young man in his closet, which was at the butcher's shop. As a rule, the boys agreed. A few days later, the owner of the "confectionery" suggested that young people enter into an intimate relationship with him. In most cases, they were not against, since Haamann knew how to choose "potential" gays. But then the murderer killed his sexual partners. At first he lightly strangled the victim, and when she fainted, gnawed her throat and drank blood. Noteworthy is the fact that Fritz did not deprive the lives of female representatives, since they believed that they are "a hotbed of venereal diseases and a source of debauchery."

Another lover

A little later, the maniac met a certain Hans Grans, who became not only his sexual partner (and permanent), but also a companion in criminal matters. Hans suggested that the meat of killed people be added to the sausages that were made in the shop of Fritz. But the malefactors in their affairs went even further: they agreed to supply meat "with a human" to local catering establishments.

The last few years of criminal activity Haamann deprived the lives of the people on whom his accomplice pointed out. And sometimes it was important for criminals to get not only the meat of the victim: they killed, for example, and in order to get a new shirt or trousers worn by the victim.

The final

In the summer of 1924, Fritz Haarmann (the murderer) persuaded a man named Fromm, who spent the night at the station, to go with him to taste meat. The young man denied because he had heard that homeless people were murdered in the district, huddling at the Hanover station. Seeing that Fromm does not succumb to persuasion, the maniac made an attempt to force him away. But the young man gave a decent resistance to Haamann. Police officers rushed to the noise, and the participants of the incident were taken to the police station. The victim of the failed crime openly accused Fritz of harassment and remembered that a maniac is operating in Hanover. Representatives of the law enforcement agencies were sympathetic to Fromm's words. Despite the fact that Haamann wore a police badge, he was put in a cell.

The criminal's shop was immediately searched. It turned out that at that moment the accomplice of Fritz Grans cut the body of a young guy who had disappeared a few days ago at the station.

Cara

So Fritz Haarmann (German serial killer), whose photo appeared in 1924 in virtually all German newspapers, was exposed with his accomplice. During the period from 1918 to 1924, the maniac killed 27 people, whose ages ranged from 10 to 22 years. Frintz Haarmann received the highest penalty - beheading on the guillotine. The verdict was executed on April 15, 1925. His accomplice was sentenced to 12 years in prison.