Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann 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.
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The years following the loss of World War I saw an increase in poverty, crime, and black market trading in the Weimar Republic.
The Leine River, into which Haarmann disposed of many of his victims' dismembered remains
Hans Grans
Police photo of Haarmann's attic room at 2 Rote Reihe, Hanover
Adolf Hannappel
Detectives search a stove inside Haarmann's attic room at 2 Rote Reihe.
Fritz Haarmann (centre) with police detectives, November 1924About this person
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GermanyStatus
deceased
Dates
Lived 1879 to 1925 · aged 45
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