Ditter, Arthur (Gertrude’s husband), 67, 74–77, 78–80, 140
Ditter, Gertrud (Gertrude’s mother), 75
Ditter, Gertrude “Gerda” (murder victim), xiii, xxi, 67–88, 101, 109, 127, 138, 140, 148, 149, 150, 187, 198
Ditter, Helga (Gertrude’s and Arthur’s daughter), 68, 69–70, 70–71, 75, 101
Ditter, Wolfgang (Gertrude’s and Arthur’s son), 68, 69–70, 70–71, 75, 101
DNA testing, 214
Dobler, Jens, 117, 124
Dolgner, Dr., 73
“Do not cry yet,” 21–24. See also Nieswandt, Gertrud (attempted murder victim)
doors on S-Bahn, 57, 58, 93–94
Douglas, John, 10
draft, Nazi Germany, 76
drug addicts and serial killers, 139
Düsseldorf, Germany, 157
early Sunday morning attacks, 165–166, 169, 170–173, 184. See also Büngener, Elisabeth (murder victim); Ebauer, Hedwig (murder victim); Siewert, Gertrud (murder victim)
East Berlin, 223. See also S-Bahn Murderer
Eastern Hanover, Germany, 16
East Germany (German Democratic Republic), 262
East Prussia, 29–30
Ebauer, Hedwig (murder victim), xiii, xxi, 172–173, 174
EEGs and guillotined rats, 248
Eichmann, Adolf, 116
Eighth Regulation Implementing the Air Protection Act, 40–42
Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads on the Eastern Front), 114, 257, 258, 260
electric traction motor sounds, S-Bahn, 129–130
engine cars, S-Bahn, 153
enuresis (bed-wetting), serial killers, 30
epilepsy, 137
Erkner S-Bahn station, xv, xvii, 175, 185
escalation of violence by Ogorzow, 9–11, 18, 26, 210
eugenics belief, Nazi Germany, 137
euthanization of sick children by Weimann, 261
examinations of bodies. See Weimann, Waldemar
excuses for murders, Ogorzow, 228, 232–235
execution of Ogorzow, 245–248, 249
expansion by Nazi Germany, xix–xx, 48–49
expansion joints sound, S-Bahn, 129
ex post facto (“after the fact”) laws, 244
eyewitness evidence, problematic, 161–162
eyewitness identification of Ogorzow, 218–220
family of Ogorzow, 28–29, 69, 97, 122, 131, 193, 208, 209, 235
Fangschleuse S-Bahn station, xv, xvii
“fast train” (Schnellbahn), 51
FBI, 10
fear of getting caught, Ogorzow, 17–18, 20, 21, 24, 102, 103, 104–105, 126, 140
Female Criminal Police (Weiblichen Kriminalpolizei), 152, 153
female police used as decoys, 151–156, 164
Fifth Amendment right to silence, U.S., 216
fight-or-flight response, 19
file of Ogorzow and Lüdtke, 209–211
final murder. See Koziol, Frieda (murder victim)
Final Solution of the Jewish question, xx
firearms (none) for female police decoys, 152, 153, 164
fire setting (pyromania), serial killers, 30
first-class transport, S-Bahn, 56
first death on the train, 101–105. See also Franke, Elfriede (murder victim)
first early Sunday morning attack, 165–166, 169. See also Büngener, Elisabeth (murder victim)
first murder, 67–88. See also Ditter, Gertrude “Gerda” (murder victim)
first S-Bahn attack, 48–60. See also Kargoll, Gerda (attempted murder victim)
fists attacks by Ogorzow, 17, 26, 27
flashlight harassment by Ogorzow, 7–9, 18, 21, 25, 138, 150, 217, 218
food rations in Nazi Germany, 144
footprints of killer, 200–201, 202–203, 204, 205, 222–223
footrace, 17–20. See also Jablinski, Hertha (attempted murder victim)
foreign laborers in Nazi Germany, 145–147
Forensic Institute of the Security Police at the Office of the Reich Criminal Investigations Department, 72–73
forensic pathologist. See Weimann, Waldemar
forensics, state of, 89–90
Fragebogen (denazification questionnaire), 253, 254
France, xix, xx, 18, 33, 48, 49, 62
Franke, Elfriede (murder victim), xiii, xxi, 103–105, 106, 107–109, 112, 128, 130, 132, 133, 139, 148, 226
Frankfurt, Germany, 15
Frankfurt University, 121
Freese, Irmgard (murder victim), xiii, xxi, 130–131, 132, 133, 138
French Revolution, 223, 247
Frenzel grocery store, Berlin-Friedrichsfelde, 84
Frick, Wilhelm (Minister of the Interior), 113
Friedrichshagen S-Bahn station, xiii, xv, xvii, 1, 90, 150, 151, 166
Friedrichstraße S-Bahn station, 63
Fürstenwalde S-Bahn station, xv, xvii, 165
Fußarzt (“podiatrist”), 201
Gann, Fritz (friend of Gertrude Ditter), 80
garden area murders, xiii, 5–11. See also Budzinski, Lina (attempted murder victim); Ditter, Gertrude “Gerda” (murder victim); Jablinski, Hertha (attempted murder victim); Koziol, Frieda (murder victim); Nieswandt, Gertrud (attempted murder victim); Ogorzow, Paul; S-Bahn Murderer; Schuhmacher, Julie (attempted murder victim)
connecting the garden and train attacks, 132–142, 148–150, 213, 226
residents interviewed by Kripo, 190–191
S-Bahn vs., 34, 111, 156, 195
gardening love of Ogorzow, 6, 29
gasoline rationing in Nazi Germany, 52, 201
gassing people developed by Nebe, 257
Geheime Staatspolizei. See Gestapo
Gerbert, Mr., 87
German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 262
German National Railroad Company (Reichsbahn), 49–50, 54, 55, 56, 78, 150, 163, 262. See also S-Bahn
Germany. See also Berlin, Germany; garden area murders; Nazi Germany; S-Bahn; S-Bahn Murderer
chronology of background events (August 1939–July 1941), xix–xx
East Germany (German Democratic Republic), 262
German Democratic Party, 15
political upheaval in, 15–16
Weimar Republic, 127, 210
West Germany, 262
Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei, Secret State Police), 88, 113, 114, 115–116, 117, 119, 151, 258. See also Heydrich, Reinhard
global positioning system (GPS), 37
Goebbels, Paul Joseph (Reich Minister of Propaganda), xxii
children (Joseph’s and Magda’s) killed by, 259
detective novels based on German Police, 251
Lüdtke and, 174, 176, 177–178
Magda (Joseph’s wife), 123, 259
post S-Bahn murders, 259–260
pressure on police, 133, 183
propaganda used by, 174
representative of Nazi Germany, 126
secrecy about S-Bahn Murderer, 108, 123–124, 126, 127, 174, 176, 177, 227
suicide by, 259
volunteer program authorized by, 176–182, 189
Goering, Hermann, 36
gonorrhea (“the clap”), 232–233
Göring, Hermann (Reichsmarschall), xx, 36, 42
gossip source of information on police investigation, 154, 157, 165
GPS (global positioning system), 37
Great Britain (British)
accuracy of bombing, 39
allotments (British) vs. allotments in garden area, 6
astronavigation used by, 37
Berlin bombed by, xx, 35–36, 37–38, 39, 46, 63, 65–66
Blitz, xx, 36
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spy as attacker theory, 145
Great Escape, 257
Greece, xx
“Green Police” (Orpo), 71, 97, 114
ground, killing on the, 128–131. See also Freese, Irmgard (murder victim)
Grynszpan, Riva, Sendel, and Herschel, 33
guillotine used in executions, Nazi Germany, 62, 223, 246–247, 258
Gutland I/II, 6, 68, 75, 81, 203. See also garden area
Halle an der Saale, Germany, 115
Hamburg, Germany, 254
Hampe dairy, Berlin-Friedrichsfelde, 84
Hangelsberg S-Bahn station, xv, xvii
hangings, Nazi Germany, 246, 258
harassment of women by Ogorzow, 7–9, 18, 21, 25, 138, 150, 217, 218
Harbort, Stephan (Düsseldorf Chief Superintendent), 157
Harburg-Wilhelmsburg, Germany, 15
“Hartmann, Ernst,” 255. See also Lüdtke, Wilhelm
hat worn by Ogorzow, 161, 163
Hauptsturmführer, 252, 253, 260
head injuries (excuse for murders), 233–234, 241
health conditions of killer as possible motive, 137
Heidenreich, Ingeborg, 121–122
Heimann, W., 203, 204–205, 206, 222–223
Herlitz, Hermann (Gertrude Ditter’s neighbor), 77, 78, 87
Heuser, Georg Albert (Kripo Detective), xxii, 134, 209, 211, 212, 236, 260–261
Heydrich, Reinhard “Blond Beast,” “Butcher of Prague,” “Hangman,” (Director of the RHSA, head of the Gestapo)
assassination by Czech and Slovak resistance fighters, 258–259
background of, 114–115
Lüdtke and, 120, 127, 164, 183, 223
Nebe’s hatred of, 118
Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht), 33, 103, 114
Heydrich (cont.)
post S-Bahn murders, 258–259
prestige issues, 133
representative of Nazi Germany, 126
Himmler, Heinrich (Chief of the RHSA and SS), vii, xxii
background of, 114, 115
detective novels based on German Police, 251
Hitler and, 113
Lüdtke and, 164, 183
Nebe’s hatred of, 118
post S-Bahn murders, 259
prestige issues, 133
representative of Nazi Germany, 126
suicide by, 259
Hindenburg, Paul von (President), 210, 237
Hirschgarten S-Bahn station, xiii, xv, xvii, 93, 94, 151
Hitler, Adolf (Führer), 124. See also Blackout Regulation
“blackout killer,” 122–123
bombing of Great Britain and, 36
bomb shelter refuge, 64
Ditter (Gertrude’s mother) and, 75
Eva Braun (Adolf’s wife), 259
guillotines and, 247
Himmler and, 113
Nebe’s hatred of, 118, 119
“Night of the Long Knives, The,” 32, 114
pardoning of violent criminals by, 210, 236–237
plot to kill (Operation Valkyrie), 118, 245, 258
response to Roosevelt’s message, 38–39
special courts and, 237
suicide by, 252–253, 259–260
World War II strategies of, 48, 63
Hobbin, Heidi (Nebe’s mistress), 258
Holland, 248
Holocaust, xx, 114, 116
Holocaust Encyclopedia, 45
home of Ogorzow, xiii, 3, 5, 28, 68, 69, 97, 122, 211–212
“homicidal triad/triangle,” 30
“Homicide Koziol” case, 236. See also S-Bahn Murderer
homicides handled by Kripo, 14, 71, 97, 112
homosexuals persecuted by Nazi Germany, 32, 165
Hungary, xx
hunting for victims by Ogorzow, 1–2, 4, 11, 21–22, 34, 102, 150, 153–154, 156, 157, 168, 195–196, 226
husbands of victims interviewed by Kripo, 74–77, 78–80, 198
hyoid bone, 68–69
identification of Ogorzow by victims, 218–220
Ihde, Wilhelm (Reich Chamber of Writers), 251
image of serial killers, 28, 210–211
“immorally harassed,” 83
impression evidence, 203, 204
India, xix
informants in Nazi Germany, 88
information controlled in Nazi Germany, 108, 123, 124, 125–126, 126, 127, 174, 176, 177, 227
insanity defense, 233–234, 239–242, 243
inside knowledge of police investigation into murders, 154, 157, 165, 192–193, 194
Institute for Forensic Psychiatry at Freien Universität Berlin, 134
Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 248
Institute of Forensic Medicine in Berlin, 109
interrogation of Ogorzow, 216–220
investigation. See Kripo
iron rod used by Ogorzow, 102, 103–104, 107, 110, 111, 130, 166, 170, 171, 179, 180, 197
Italy, xx, 49
Jablinski, Hertha (attempted murder victim), xiii, xxi, 18–20, 21, 22
Japan, xx
Jewish doctor’s intentional bad treatment of gonorrhea (excuse for murders), 232–233, 234, 241, 244
Jews persecuted in Nazi Germany, xx, 32–33, 65, 103, 114, 116, 124, 143–145, 211, 228
job security (lack of), Lüdtke, 16, 119–120
Journal of Criminology, 260
jumping from a moving train by Ogorzow, 155, 156
“Junction to Küstrin” (“Vnk”), 158, 159–160, 208, 262
Kargoll, Gerda (attempted murder victim), xiii, xxi, 53–60, 61–62, 95, 97, 98, 101, 107–108, 161, 170, 182
“Karlshorst S-Bahn Murderer,” 250–251. See also S-Bahn Murderer
Karlshorst S-Bahn station, xiii, xv, xvii, 28, 58, 102, 106, 128, 129, 151, 170, 172, 183, 185, 238
Kaulsdorfer railway, 218
Kim, Kee D., 247–248
Kingsley, Sir Ben, 118
knife attacks by Ogorzow, 4, 12, 17, 20, 24, 26, 69, 73, 74, 89, 90, 111, 141, 219
Koblenz, Germany, 261
Kolonie Gutland I/II, 6, 68, 75, 81, 203. See also garden area
Königs Wusterhausen, Germany, 210
Köpenick S-Bahn station, xiii, xv, xvii, 96, 151
Koziol, Frieda (murder victim), xiii, xxi, 196–199, 200, 203, 222, 236
Krickstadt, Thomas, 51, 158
Kriminalpolizei. See Kripo
Kripo (Kriminalpolizei, Criminal Police), 112–127. See also garden area murders; Lüdtke, Wilhelm; Nebe, Arthur; S-Bahn Murderer
“Alex, the” (Alexanderplatz) building, 119, 175, 187
blood found on Ogorzow’s uniform, 213–215
call for information posters, 139–140
confession (Heimann), 204–205
descriptions of Ogorzow, 82, 85–86, 98, 140, 145, 149, 161, 175, 186, 188, 209, 219–220
detective novels based on, 251–252
dress of, 71–72
eyewitness evidence, problematic, 161–162
eyewitness identification of Ogorzow, 218–220
foreign laborer as attacker theory, 145–147
forensics, state of, 89–90
garden area residents interviewed by, 190–191
Gestapo vs., 151
Heimann suspect, 203, 204–205, 206, 222–223
Heuser (Detective), xxii, 134, 209, 211, 212, 236, 260–261
home searched by Kripo, 211–212
“Homicide Koziol” case, 236
homicides handled by, 14, 71, 97, 112
husbands of victims interviewed by, 74–77, 78–80, 198
identification of Ogorzow by victims, 218–
220
“immorally harassed,” 83
interrogation of Ogorzow, 216–220
Jews as attacker theory, 143–145
lead cable found by, 98–100, 110–111
murders handled by, 14, 71, 97, 112
news release sent out by, 84–86
Peeping Tom caught by, 205
plain clothes worn by, 252
police custody of Ogorzow, 207–236
press release following Ogorzow’s execution, 249–250
push to catch the killer, 183–191, 222–223
questioning of Ogorzow, 209–220
racial theory of crime, 124–125, 143–147, 211
railroad personnel interviewed by, 189, 207–208, 209
red herring (shoes), 200–206, 222–223
Reich Criminal Investigation Department newspaper (Deutches Kriminalpolizeiblatt), 83–84
Reichskriminalpolizeiamt (RKPA), 116
rewards offered by, 81–83, 87, 88, 127, 140, 174, 185, 187
Serious Crimes Unit, 14, 16, 112, 220
sexual offender announcement, 83–84
shoeprints/footprints of killer, 200–201, 202–203, 204, 205, 222–223
spy as attacker theory, 145
SS membership required, 120
suspects, wrong kind, 143–147
ticket inspector as attacker theory, 181–182
time cards of S-Bahn workers reviewed by, 189–190
warrant discs for identification, 72
Zach (Kripo Criminal Commissioner), 71–72, 74, 107–108, 110, 133
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), 33, 103, 114
Kröber, Hans-Ludwig, 134
Küstrin, Germany, 158
labor deployment in Nazi Germany, 144–145, 146
lead cable found by Kripo, 98–100, 110–111
lead cable used by Ogorzow, 26, 89, 90, 94, 95, 96, 98–99, 108, 110, 138, 225–226
leaving work unnoticed, Ogorzow, 157–160, 207–208, 209, 211, 213
Libya, xx
Lichtenberg, Berlin, 52–53
Liebetraut, Mrs., 87–88
lies told in his confession, Ogorzow, 224–225
Life magazine, 45–46, 64
logo, S-Bahn, 50
London bombed by Nazi Germany, xx, 36
Lüdtke, Edith (Wilhelm’s daughter), 120
Lüdtke, Johanna (Wilhelm’s mother), 15
Lüdtke, Karl Johan (Wilhelm’s father), 15
Lüdtke, Wilhelm (Kripo Police Commissioner), xxii
assaults to rapes to murders, 140–141
attacker with detailed knowledge of Kripo’s operations, 191
“Attacks on the S-Bahn” article published, 174–175
back-to-back criminal offenses as unusual, 142
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