A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin
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catching the killer, importance, 145, 147
confession by Ogorzow, 220, 221–227, 256
connecting the garden and train attacks, 132–142, 148–150, 213, 226
dangerous gambit (trap set) by, 192–199
decoys used by, 151–156, 164–165, 170
detectives on train stations, 151, 154, 157, 184
female police used as decoys, 151–156, 164
file of Ogorzow and, 209–211
firearms (none) for female police decoys, 152, 153, 164
Gestapo vs. Kripo, 116, 117
Goebbels and, 174, 176, 177–178
health conditions of killer as possible motive, 137
Heydrich and, 120, 127, 164, 183, 223
Himmler and, 164, 183
job security (lack of), 16, 119–120
male police in drag used as decoys, 164–165, 170
motive of crimes, 135–138
Nazi Party and, 14–15, 16, 113, 119–120
Nebe and, 119, 120, 127, 133, 183, 223
newspaper article permission, 184–187
police monitoring (ceasing of), rumor spread by, 194–195, 198
police resources expended on case, 192, 194, 195, 222
promotion of, 252
rationalization of Koziol’s murder, 198–199
roundups of train riders at key times, 184
Schlesische Bahn route monitored by, 150–155, 157
secrecy about S-Bahn Murderer, 108, 123, 124, 125–126, 127, 174, 176, 177, 192, 227, 249
sexual motive possibility, 137–139
skulls of victims used in interrogation, 221–222, 224, 225
SS member, 252, 253
SS member as suspect, 162–164
uniform of attacker focus, 161–164
volunteer program authorized by Goebbels, 176–182, 189
Lüdtke, Wilhelm (personal)
Amalia (Wilhelm’s wife), 120
background of, 14–16, 112–113, 120–121, 252
death of, 256
Gerda (Wilhelm’s daughter), 120
Lüdtke, Wilhelm (post WWII)
BECRIPPLE-2 (cryptonym), 255–256
BESMIRCH-2 (cryptonym), 255
CAUTERY-4 (cryptonym), 255
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) undercover asset, 254–256
denazification process, 253, 254
“Ernst Hartmann,” 255
Hauptsturmführer, 252, 253, 260
pension, 254, 255
private detective, 254
retirement, 253–254
uniform worn by, 252, 253, 260
Luxembourg, Germany, xx, 48, 49
MacDonald, J. M., 30
“MacDonald Triad,” 30
Maginot Line, 48
male police in drag used as decoys, 164–165, 170
maps
Berlin S-Bahn (1939), xiv–xv
murders and attempted murders, xiii
Marenholtz, Freiherr von (Dr.), 241, 243
masturbation, 241
Mathes, Paul, 62
Matuska, Szilveszter, 137
medical excuses for murders, 232–235
Meier, Hermann, 36. See also Göring, Hermann (Reichsmarschall)
membership pin worn by Nazis, 31
mental illness (insanity) defense, 233–234, 239–242, 243
minor crimes confession by Ogorzow, 217–218
Minsk, Belarus, 260, 261
Moabit, Berlin, 236
mobile killing squads on the Eastern Front (Einsatzgruppen), 114, 257, 258, 260
modus operandi, serial killers, 226
Mohr, Lina, 13. See also Budzinski, Lina
“moral offenses,” 238–239
Moravia, 258
motive of crimes, 109, 135–138
Muntowo, East Prussia, 29–30
murders and attempted murders (map), xiii. See also garden area murders; S-Bahn Murderer
murders handled by Kripo, 14, 71, 97, 112
“My Confession” (Ditter, A.), 80
National Institute of Justice, 203–204
National Socialist German Workers’ Party. See Nazi Germany
National Socialist People’s Welfare organization (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt), 70
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. See NSDAP
Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People’s Welfare organization), 70
Nauen, Germany, 210
Nazi Germany. See also Blackout Regulation; garden area murders; Gestapo; Goebbels, Paul Joseph; Heydrich, Reinhard; Himmler, Heinrich; Hitler, Adolf; Kripo; Nebe, Arthur; S-Bahn; S-Bahn Murderer
air raid warning system, 36, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 63–65
amnesty for imprisoned Nazis, 210, 236–237
Aryan ideal, 115, 143
attention of authorities, avoiding, 79
authoritarian state, 126
bill for execution sent to Ogorzow’s wife, 248
Blitz, xx, 36
child welfare, 69–70, 71
Christmas celebration, 165
chronology of background events (August 1939–July 1941), xix–xx
control of information in, 108, 123, 124, 125–126, 127, 174, 176, 177, 227
curfews in, 144, 147
death sentence, 205, 223, 228, 229, 238, 239, 245, 246
detective novels based on German Police, 251–252
dictatorship, 113
dissection of Ogorzow, 248
draft, 76
eugenics belief, 137
expansion by, xix–xx, 48–49
Female Criminal Police (Weiblichen Kriminalpolizei), 152, 153
food rations in, 144
foreign laborers in, 145–147
gasoline rationing in, 52, 201
guillotine used in executions, 62, 223, 246–247, 258
Holocaust, xx, 114, 116
homosexuals persecuted by, 32, 165
informants in, 88
Jews persecuted in, xx, 32–33, 65, 103, 114, 116, 124, 143–145, 211, 228
labor deployment in, 144–145, 146
London bombed by, xx, 36
Lüdtke and Nazi Party, 14–15, 16, 113, 119–120
membership pin worn by Nazis, 31
mobile killing squads on the Eastern Front (Einsatzgruppen), 114, 257, 258, 260
“moral offenses,” 238–239
National Socialist People’s Welfare organization (Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt), 70
Nazi Germany (cont.)
Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht), 33, 103, 114
“Night of the Long Knives, The,” 32, 114
Ogorzow as party member, 31–33, 34, 103, 113, 178, 208, 209, 220, 222, 224, 228, 234, 236, 244
police feared in, 13
power consolidated by, 16, 31, 62–63, 118, 210
propaganda posters, 43–44, 91
purse-snatcher case, 229
radio navigation used by, 37
rationing in, 52, 201–202
Reich Main Security Office (Reichssicherheitshauptam, RHSA), 113–114, 115–119, 152, 190
rent in, 75, 76
rights (none) of public, 216
SA (Sturmabteilung), 31–33, 34, 102, 103, 154, 165, 178, 208, 209, 220, 222, 224, 228, 234, 244
Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei, SiPo), 33, 72–73, 113–114, 118
special courts, 229, 236–238, 239, 241–244, 250
swastikas, 31, 50, 72, 163
utopian ideology, 124
V-persons (Vertrauensleute), 88
women laborers, 90–91, 121–123, 126, 127, 140, 145, 174, 228
Nebe, Arthur (Head of the Kripo, RHSA Amt 5), xxii
background of, 117–119
detective novels based on German Police, 251
execution of, 257–258
gassing people developed by, 257
Gestapo vs. Kripo, 116
hatred of superiors, 118, 119
Lüdtke and, 119, 120, 127, 133, 183, 223
mobile killing squads (Einsatzgruppen), 257, 260
plot to kill Hitler (Operation Valkyrie), 118, 245, 258
post S-Bahn murders, 257–258
racial theory of crime, 125
Nerthus (German fertility goddess), 18
Netherlands, xx, 48, 49
Neukölln, Berlin, 121
Neumann (Deputy Prosecutor), 238
newspaper article permission, Lüdtke, 184–187
news release sent out by Kripo, 84–86
New York Prosecutors Training Institute, 57
New Zealand, xix
Nickell, Stella (killer), 136
Niederkirchnerstrasse, Berlin, 119
Nieswandt, Gertrud (attempted murder victim), xiii, xxi, 22–24, 25, 219–220
Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht), 33, 103, 114
“Night of the Long Knives, The,” 32, 114
nighttime bombing, 37, 63
nonaggression pact between Germany and Soviet Union, xix, 18, 209
Normandy, xix
Norway, 48
nose (disfigured), Ogorzow, 2, 29, 149, 210, 219–220, 241
NSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), 31. See also Nazi Germany
NSV (National Socialist People’s Welfare organization), 70
Nuremberg Trials, 257
Ogorzow, Paul (personal)
affairs by, 29, 195–196, 213, 232
appearance of, 1–2, 3, 29, 149, 210, 219–220, 241
background of, 28–34
childhood of, 2, 29–31
family of, 28–29, 69, 97, 122, 131, 193, 208, 209, 235
gardening love of, 6, 29
Gertrude (Paul’s wife), 28, 29, 65, 235, 239, 248
home of, xiii, 3, 5, 28, 68, 69, 97, 122, 211–212
Johann Ogorzow’s adoption of, 30
manual laborer, 3, 31, 49–50
Marie (Paul’s mother), 30
nose (disfigured), 2, 29, 149, 210, 219–220, 241
sexually transmitted diseases contracted by, 232–233, 234, 235, 241
social situations handled easily by, 93
Ogorzow, Paul (serial killer), xxii, 1–4. See also garden area murders; S-Bahn; S-Bahn Murderer
attack method developing by, 17, 49, 89, 90, 102–103, 129, 165, 169
“auxiliary signalman,” 52–53, 78, 158, 160
blackouts used by, 7–8, 9, 13, 20, 22, 34, 69, 70, 81, 122–123, 126, 141, 149, 150, 154, 163, 166, 174, 187, 229, 235
blows to the head of victims, 4, 11–12, 24, 25–27
blunt object (iron rod, rebar) used by, 102, 103–104, 107, 110, 111, 130, 166, 170, 171, 179, 180, 197
blunt object (lead cable) used by, 26, 89, 90, 94, 95, 96, 98–99, 108, 110, 138, 225–226
bodies of victims, never concealing, 197
coward, 94
descriptions of, 82, 85–86, 98, 140, 145, 149, 161, 175, 186, 188, 209, 219–220
desensitized to violence, 32, 34, 103
“Do not cry yet,” 21–24
early Sunday morning attacks, 165–166, 169, 170–173, 184
escalation of violence by, 9–11, 18, 26, 210
fear of getting caught, 17–18, 20, 21, 24, 102, 103, 104–105, 126, 140
female police decoy and, 153–156
first death on the train, 101–105
first early Sunday morning attack, 165–166, 169
first murder, 67–88
first S-Bahn attack, 48–60
fists attacks by, 17, 26, 27
flashlight harassment by, 7–9, 18, 21, 25, 138, 150, 217, 218
footrace, 17–20
gossip source of information on police investigation, 154, 157, 165
ground, killing on the, 128–131
harassment of women by, 7–9, 18, 21, 25, 138, 150, 217, 218
hat worn by, 161, 163
hunting for victims, 1–2, 4, 11, 21–22, 34, 102, 150, 153–154, 156, 157, 168, 195–196, 226
inside knowledge of police investigation into murders, 154, 157, 165, 192–193, 194
jumping from a moving train, 155, 156
knife attacks by, 4, 12, 17, 20, 24, 26, 69, 73, 74, 89, 90, 111, 141, 219
leaving work unnoticed, ability to, 157–160, 207–208, 209, 211, 213
Nazi Party member, 31–33, 34, 103, 113, 178, 208, 209, 220, 222, 224, 228, 234, 236, 244
pardon of, 210, 236
petite women selected to attack by, 196
practice makes perfect, 171
railroad employee, xiii, xxii, 2, 7, 31, 49–50, 52–53, 54, 55, 79, 157–160, 193, 195, 209
SA (Sturmabteilung), 31–33, 34, 103, 154, 165, 178, 208, 209, 220, 222, 224, 228, 234, 244
second-class compartments for killing, 55, 56, 57, 91, 92, 93, 98, 102, 103, 110, 150, 152, 153, 166, 171, 173, 180, 182, 187–188
security measures vs., 157
sexual assaults by, 10, 24, 26–27, 59, 96, 104, 128, 130, 133, 135, 156, 197, 234
silence during attacks, 12, 13, 20, 26, 146
sleeping at the S-Bahn station, 131, 160
souvenirs of kills, never keeping, 168
stealing from victims, never, 58, 167–168
strangulation by, 4, 17, 57, 68–69, 71, 74, 101, 107, 141, 172
switch from normal to killer behavior, 68
throwing victims from a moving train, 59–60, 95–96, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 110, 111, 128, 156, 161, 166, 167, 171, 173, 181, 197
time period between attacks, 128, 133, 138, 139, 142, 172
uniform worn by, 2, 49, 55, 57, 92, 93, 102, 141, 145, 149–150, 156, 157, 161, 170, 175, 186, 188–189, 197
volunteer duty, 178–180, 189
waiting to commit more attacks, 192, 193, 195
workplace of, xiii, xxii, 2, 7, 31, 49–50, 52–53, 54, 55, 79, 157–160, 193, 195, 209
yelling harassment by, 9, 18, 21, 138, 150
Ogorzow, Paul (serial killer in custody), 207–244
alibis, 158, 160, 190, 208, 209, 213
bicycle with dynamo light, 217
break-in committed by, 210
climbing a fence to ditch work, 207–208, 209, 211, 213
confession by, 220, 221–227, 256
excuses for murders, 228, 232–235
execution of, 245–248, 249
eyewitness identification of Ogorzow, 218–220
head injuries (excuse for murders), 233–234, 241
home searched by Kripo, 211–212
Jewish doctor’s intentional bad treatment of his gonorrhea (excuse for murders), 232–233, 234, 241, 244
lies told in his confession, 224–225
medical excuses for murders, 232–235
mental illness (insanity) defense, 233–234, 239–242, 243
minor crimes confession by, 217–218
questioning by Kripo, 209–220
returning to scene of crime, 226
revoking of Nazi Party membership, 236
stomach condition (excuse for murders), 234
trial of, 235, 236–244
women blamed for murders, 235
Olympics (Berlin, 1936) and S-Bahn, 51
“Omanzow,” 251–252. See also Ogorzow, Paul
Operation Barbarossa, 194
Operation BECRIPPLE (CIA), 255–256
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Operation CAUTERY (CIA), 255
Operation Valkyrie (plot to kill Hitler), 118, 245, 258
Order Police (Ordnungspolizei), 71, 97, 114
Ordnungspolizei (Orpo), 71, 97, 114
Orpo (Ordnungspolizei), 71, 97, 114
Ostkreuz S-Bahn station, xiii, xv, xvii
oxygen deprivation, 57
Pansch, Johanna (Lüdtke’s mother), 15
Papen, Franz von (Vice-Chancellor), 237
pardoning of violent criminals by Hitler, 210, 236–237
pattern evidence, 203–204
Peeping Tom caught by Kripo, 205
petite women selected to attack by Ogorzow, 196
Pfeiffer, Christian, 127
photopigments, 8–9
pigeons dispute between neighbors, 77, 78, 87
plain clothes worn by Kripo, 252
plot to kill Hitler (Operation Valkyrie), 118, 245, 258
Plötzensee Prison in Berlin, 245–246, 258
“podiatrist” (Fußarzt), 201
Poland, xix, 18, 30, 33, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 51, 146, 202, 232
Polenski, Kurt, 246
police custody of Ogorzow, 207–236
police feared in Nazi Germany, 13
police monitoring (ceasing of), rumor spread by Lüdtke, 194–195, 198
police resources expended on case, 192, 194, 195, 222
political upheaval in Germany, 15–16
Pomerania, Germany, 15
Potsdam, Germany, 74
power consolidated by Nazi Germany, 16, 31, 62–63, 118, 210
practice makes perfect, 171
Prague, Czech Republic, 252
“Preparation of Blackout Measures,” Blackout Regulation, 40–41
press release following Ogorzow’s execution, 249–250
preußischen Landeskriminalamt (Prussian Criminal Police), 116
Prinz Albrecht Strasse, Berlin, 119
Prinz-Heinrich-Strasse, Berlin, 129
Project BECRIPPLE (CIA), 255
propaganda posters, Nazi Germany, 43–44, 91
propaganda used by Goebbels, 174
Prussian Criminal Police (preußischen Landeskriminalamt), 116
psychiatrist. See Weimann, Waldemar
“psychopathological triad,” 30
publicity ban about S-Bahn Murderer, 108, 123, 124, 125–126, 127, 174, 176, 177, 192, 227, 249
purse-snatcher case, Nazi Germany, 229
push to catch the killer, 183–191, 222–223
pyromania (setting fires), serial killers, 30
“quarter trains,” S-Bahn, 56
questioning of Ogorzow by Kripo, 209–220
quitting (rare), serial killers, 206