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our website the s-bahn commuter train rattled along in the darkness towards the Eastern side
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of Berlin slowly the cityscape gave way to the sprawling Suburbia of friedrich's Felder
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it was here in the early hours of August 13 1939 that Lena budzinski disembarked
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walking alone she headed towards the nearby allotment Garden located throughout Berlin allotment
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Gardens allowed City dwellers to embrace a quasi-rural lifestyle they could purchase or rent a modest
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plot of land on Garden grounds to cultivate their own crops or raise small livestock
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during the day the gardens were peaceful narrow paths wove through the ornamental
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fruit trees and Fields of home-grown vegetables gardeners tended to their little patch
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of Countryside to the ambient sounds of the resident chickens Pigs and the goats
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the Fredericks Felder Gardens also provided a direct route from the train station to the nearby tenement housing
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servicing local residents like Lena budzinski as night fell street lights lanterns and
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wood-fire stoves bust the gardens in a warm glow yet the atmosphere within the grounds
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had changed in recent times the Nazi party had issued regulations that prevented the illumination of
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public spaces at night it wasn't an official blackout but more of a preparation for things to come
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to help navigate the darkness and avoid collisions citizens pinned phosphorus and badges that absorbed sunlight to the
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front of their clothing making the Badgers glow green at night as Elena budzinski wandered alone
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through the Fredericks Felder allotment Garden her movements were highlighted by
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the pale green glow of her badge Lena was almost home when she heard footsteps approaching from behind
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they started gaining pace Lena panicked and started running towards her house prompting the person
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behind her to speed up as Lena pushed through her front gate she was hit hard over the head causing
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her to crumble to the ground [Music] momentarily can cast Lena could only watch as a manly figure appeared over
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her he was breathing quickly and heavily trying to catch his breath the man didn't utter a word before
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shoving a knife into Lena's back he pulled it out and stabbed Elena three more times before fleeing
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a knife-wielding assailant was active in friedrich's Felder and local women needed to be warned
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yet his actions didn't make the papers and would soon be superseded altogether by an even bigger story that broke weeks
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later on Friday September 1 1939 [Music] the siege of the Doom capital of Poland
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the city under bombardment [Music] blasted and burning for three weeks one of the bravest defenses in history the
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Hopeless resistance of devastated Warsaw Hitler visits the besieging army during
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his tour in conquered Poland which is subjugated and partitioned the defending Army Shattered by the lightning Strokes
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of the Blitzkrieg the Nazi fear has the heir of a conqueror as he surveys the artillery bombardment of Warsaw which
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still resists but cannot resist much longer a capital city wrapped in flame and horror
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Dancy Hitler in the city the dispute over which led to the European War this Nazi demonstration was staged the day
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before Hitler flew back to Berlin and made his latest speech suggesting peace which Great Britain and France reject
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Hitler faced with a prospect of a long Relentless War foreign [Music] ER she was not the first one to be
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attacked in the friedrichs Felder Garden in recent times a lone perpetrator had been lurking around at night using the
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pre-war blackout preparation to his advantage hiding in the shadows of the looming
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trees or makeshift shads he'd wait until he saw the familiar Green Glow of a phosphorescent badge
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if it was pinned to a lone woman the man would leap out from his hiding place and
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shine a torched directly into the woman's eyes rendering her momentarily blinded and disorientated
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he'd then loudly bombard her with the vulgar sexual remarks or threats his behavior escalated over time and the
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verbal abuse soon turned physical he would grab grope and punch his victims sometimes even choking them to
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prevent them from calling out for help in one instance a woman managed to let out a screen before the perpetrator
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gripped his hands around her throat He was unaware that the woman's husband and one of his friends were waiting
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nearby and overheard the commotion they rushed over and managed to tackle the assailant to the ground while
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yelling for the police fueled by fear the men managed to overpower them and break free fleeing
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into the surrounding bushes seemingly learning from this mistake the man took to disabling his victims first
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by striking them over the head with a heavy object so that they couldn't call out for help
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he also began carrying a knife [Music] so far around 30 other women had been targeted but none had been able to get a
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good look at the perpetrator as he hadn't yet seriously harmed anyone the case wasn't treated as a high
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priority and with the news dominated by the ongoing actions of the German Armed Forces most local residents remained
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unaware of the looming threat it wasn't until Elena budzinski was stabbed outside her home that police
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realized that they were dealing with a serious offender he laid low for a while which kept the
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police at Bay but unable to resist his urges the assailant eventually continued his spree
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reverting back to scaring women with his flashlight and verbal taunts to avoid an
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immediate reaction from police it took four months before his desire to kill returned
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foreign news of the serial attacker spread slowly through word of mouth but those
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who were aware of the lurking danger weren't able to do much about it with the war underway the output needed
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from Germany's factories was more demanding than ever women were forced to continue working
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well into the late hours producing industrial materials or the Weaponry necessary to sustain the Nazi war
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machine there was little they could do except hope they wouldn't cross paths with the
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attacker on their way home on Thursday December 14 19 year old factory worker hiyota yablinski finished
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her late shift and deborded the s-bahn headed for her home in friedrichs Felder it was around 1 13 am by the time she
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disembarked outside of the local allotment Gardens and began on her path home as she made her way through the dark she
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heard footsteps closing in behind her heater paused and looked over her shoulder
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while she couldn't see anything but Darkness she could feel someone else's presence
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Panic washed over her ta broke out in a Sprint desperate to get to the safety of home
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but the footsteps started up again increasing in speed until she could feel the person right behind her
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all of a sudden heater felt a heavy thud to her head she fell over and was immediately
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overcome by a stabbing pain a man stood over her silently forcing a knife into her neck over and over
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using all her strength kirta managed to let out a scream it worked to Spook the man and he
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quickly fled the scene the Fredericks Felder attacker had struck again just like he had done after stabbing
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Lena budzinski he kept a low profile for several weeks until the police investigations dissipated
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once he felt like he was in the clear he returned to his hunting ground and eased
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back into his spree with minor confrontations getting a kick out of scaring the women who passed the buyer
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occasionally he elevated into physical assaults but nothing that would provoke police into an active Manhunt
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this time it took eight months before his urge to kill returned at around 1 30 a.m on Saturday July 27
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1940 25 year old Gertrude de nissvant walked quickly through the Fredericks Felder Gardens
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it soon dawned on her that she was being followed Gertrude didn't live in the area but had
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taken the s-bahn to visit her parents who lived nearby although she hadn't heard anything about
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the Spate of attacks her instincts immediately sensed to Danger Gertrude picked up the pace
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the person walking in the shadows behind did the same adrenaline sword through Gertrude's
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veins and everything in her body told her to run she reassured herself it was likely just
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another train passenger making their way home and managed to remain calm when she finally reached her parents
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home relief washed over her but as Gertrude made her way to the front porch she heard footsteps behind
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her she turned around and came face to face with the man she didn't recognize his
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face barely visible through the darkness although Gertrude realized the man had been following her she assumed he had
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relatively innocuous intentions yet he seemed to genuinely taken aback by how calm Gertrude was
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she stood there silently staring at him eventually the man felt compelled to break the awkward silence
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are you going in there he asked indicating towards the house Gertrude replied curtly of course
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she didn't think the man was dangerous but wanted him to leave her alone she warned leave or else I will yell
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the man raised his arm do not cry yet he said he then he Gertrude hard forcing her to
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the ground as she lay there incapacitated the man stood over her and stabbed her in the
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neck he removed the knife and stabbed her again this time near her groin despite the deep wound in Gertrude's
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neck she managed to let out a scream it took the man completely by surprise shocked he fled into the darkness
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Gertrude denisvant was the first victim who sustained an injury that appeared to
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be sexually motivated adding a new layer of complexity to the crimes this time the perpetrator didn't wait
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months for the trail to go well and truly cold before striking again three weeks later on the evening of
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Wednesday August 21 40 year old Yuli Shu Maha was walking home alone through the
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Fredericks Felder Gardens all of a sudden a flash of light sparked in front of her
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Julie had become so accustomed to the darkness that the bright light caused her physical pain
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realizing the light had come from a flashlight wielding man Yuli angrily yelled at him to stop
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he didn't respond instead he struck Yuli over the head with a heavy blunt object rendering her
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unconscious when Yuli came too she realized she'd been raped there was no sign of her attacker and
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police believed he might have fled the scene after falsely believing Yuli was dead
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she wasn't the only one who survived one of his more serious assaults Lena budzinski fiota yablinski and a
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Gertrude denisvant had all also miraculously survived their ordeals despite the offender's best efforts he
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hadn't managed to kill anyone having now carried out a rape there was no doubt the attacks were sexually
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motivated police began to suspect the assailant might have intended to rape the other
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women too but had been forced to flee mid attack after some managed to scream out
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once again the severity of the attacks diminished in the wake of yuli's rape but they didn't stop completely
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at least a dozen more women reported being harassed by a flashlight-wielding man in the friedrich's Felder Gardens
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with police believing there might have been more who chose not to come forward foreign
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on Sunday August 25 1940 an explosion rocked Berlin aircraft under the command of UK prime
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minister Winston Churchill Dropped a Bomb on the city in retaliation for a similar attack carried out by German
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planes over London it was the first time bombs had ever fallen on Berlin and while the only
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thing destroyed was a garden house the impact on morale was immense up until this point the people of Berlin
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believed their military leadership when they said the British would never bomb Germany now anything was possible
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fearing another more deadly attack German citizens continued to live each night In Perpetual Darkness hoping to
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prevent British aircraft from hitting their targets Berlin's official war-induced blackout
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mimicked the one currently in place in London to discourage German attacks windows were painted black street lights
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were dimmed and the few vehicles on the road had their headlights blocked within days of initiating the official
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blackout the Nazi party severely increased punishments for those who took advantage of the darkened conditions to
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commit crime a few months in prison for a crime committed during the day became a death
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sentence if it were committed at night this didn't deter the Fredericks Felder guard an attacker
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with more areas now consumed by Darkness his hunting ground only increased by Friday September 20 1940 one month
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had passed since the attempted murder of Yuli Schumacher Gerda Cargill was riding the s-bahn home
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after a long day due to the blackout measures the s-bahn was operating with only one quarter of
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its usual lighting and all the windows were covered the dim lights coupled with the motion
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of the train slowly lulled gerdo off to sleep when she jolted awake she realized she'd
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accidentally slept through her intended stop Gerda quickly disembarked at the next
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station where she waited in the dark for the next train to take her back in the opposite direction
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with the train exteriors a void of light certain spots had been covered with phosphorus paint so they'd emit a small
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glow at night eventually Gerda saw the glow of the inbound train followed by the
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clickety-clack sound of its Wheels as it slowed to a stop [Music] she boarded and took a seat with the
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train continuing onwards until Gerda was the only one left in the compartment with men away at War the trains were
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often only populated by women by Nightfall many women were at home looking after their families leaving the
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local trains near empty with only late shift workers and transportation staff on board
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it was around 11 30 PM by the time the train departed vulhaida station as it barreled onwards towards
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Frederick's Hagen a man approached a girder once he was within Arm's Reach he suddenly launched himself at her
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wrapping his hands at her throat Gerda struggled against him attempting to drag him away towards the sliding
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door on the side of the train the door could be manually pulled open even when the train was in motion so
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Gerda recognized this as an opportunity to save herself she managed to make it to the door with
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the man's hands still wrapped around her throat but she lost Consciousness before
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she was able to slide it open by this point the train was only minutes from the next station
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fearing a boarding passenger would realize what he'd done get his attacker opened the sliding door
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with the train still speeding along at roughly 40 to 50 miles per hour he pushed to girder out
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her body was swept up by the fierce wind flying through the air for several moments before hitting the ground with
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the hard thud [Music] the following morning a passer buyer was walking near the train tracks beyond the
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vulhada station when they heard screams for help they went to investigate and found a
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Gerda cargo lying in pain her attacker had mistaken her for Dad when he pushed her unconscious body off
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the train and as luck would have it Gerda had landed on a soft pile of sand had she landed on the rocky surrounds
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she would have most certainly died from Impact instead Gerda had only suffered a
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concussion and multiple abrasions and gerda's personal belongings were discovered a little further up the track
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indicating her attacker had thrown them out the door immediately after pushing girder out
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yet when Gerda reported her ordeal to the police they were skeptical given there was no sign that Gerda had
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been sexually assaulted or robbed police weren't convinced that a crime had taken
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place at all they felt good as story that a random stranger would strangle and push her out
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of a train for no reason was too far-fetched when girder admitted she'd had a few
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drinks before boarding the train and had fallen asleep during the trip police believed the more likely scenario was
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that Gerda had been drunk and accidentally fell off the moving train in the dark
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she then made up the story about the assault to cover her own missteps train-related accidents and fatalities
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weren't uncommon during the blackout with numerous passengers falling off of trains or platforms due to the lack of
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lighting it was a price the Nazi party was willing to pay as they were at the height of their power and enemy bombings
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continued in Berlin prolonging the need for the blackouts two weeks later twenty-year-old Gertrude
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Ditta stood alone at the rumorsborg train station waiting for the s-bahn a man soon approached and struck up a
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conversation Gertrude was Charmed by him and gave him her home address when asked
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it faced the allotment Gardens in the neighboring suburb of friedrich's folder at around midday the following day a
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member of the Nazi party went to Gertrude's home to speak to her about some personal matters
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he knocked on the front door but there was no response he tried the door handle and was
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surprised to find it unlocked he pushed the door open slightly and looked inside
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blackout drapes were drawn across the windows making it difficult to see much through the darkness
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the man lit a match and as the flicker of light cast across the small dark kitchen he spotted Gertrude's body
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propped up against the table with one of her hands resting on a bench Gertrude's eyes were bloodshot and her
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long black hair was tucked behind her badly bruised neck which also bore a deep wound
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a fractured hyoid bone revealed that she had been strangled with intense Force before being stabbed and dying of blood
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loss Gertrude had no defensive wounds and her house wasn't in disarray which indicated
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she likely knew her killer and had willingly let him inside before he launched a Swift and unexpected attack
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lying on the ground underneath Gertrude's right hand was a kitchen knife it didn't contain any blood or foreign
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fingerprints making it unlikely that it had been used against her instead it had probably been knocked
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about during the scuffle or Gertrude might have wielded it in defense the murder weapon was deemed to be a
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pocket knife which was nowhere to be found Gertrude hadn't been sexually assaulted
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and nothing was taken from her house Gertrude's two infant children were found asleep and unharmed in the living
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room oblivious to what had taken place given that most of Gertrude's neighbors had been asleep at the time of the
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attack no one had seen or heard anything suspicious the blackout ensured the man had moved
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through the area completely unnoticed Gertrude's injuries matched the Fredericks Felder Garden attacker's Mo
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to a t leaving no doubt for the police that the same man was responsible given that this was his first successful
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murder the efforts to identify him dramatically increased women who had survived the previous
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attacks were re-interviewed and by piecing together their small Recollections police ascertained that
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the perpetrator was between 30 and 40 years old around 170 centimeters tall and with a quote
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y facial expression some recalled he had been wearing a short leather jacket Sports shirt with
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an open collar dark pants and a blue visor cap some had seen him riding or pushing a
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bicycle posters containing these details were displayed throughout the Fredericks
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Felder allotment Gardens and surrounds along with the offer of a 1 000 Russ marks reward
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the post is red for a long time in Colony Goodland and the surrounding area solitary women have
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been immorally harassed and some have also been wounded with a knife especially in the dark by an unknown
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offender it is to be assumed that the murder of Gertrude Dida concerns the same offender
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it is the duty of every citizen to actively participate in identifying this demon
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[Music] by this point the Fredericks Felder Garden attacks had been going on for
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over a year but most local women still weren't fully aware of the lingering Danger
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even though the wanted posters mentioned Gertrude did his murder they significantly downplayed the threat and
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failed to detail the offender's history of sexually motivated violence and rape one newspaper encouraged for known sex
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offenders to be looked into but the newspaper was published for the Reich criminal investigation department and
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was only read by law enforcement personnel given that police had disregarded Gerda
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cargill's account of being strangled and thrown from the s-bahn as fictitious a connection hadn't been made to the train
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line similarly no one knew that Gertrude Ditta had met her killer at the rumorsport train station hours before
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she was attacked therefore the stops along the train line weren't highlighted as significant areas
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in the police investigation and women continued riding the s-bahn alone at night with no additional sense of
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vigilance on the evening of November 4 1940 30 year old Elizabeth bendorff finished her
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late shift selling train tickets it had been less than a month since Gertrude Ditta had been murdered just a
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short walk from where Elizabeth now stood at the aspan station in friedrichs Felder
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she boarded the train just after 11 pm and sat down a cross from a male passenger
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they were the only two in the compartment and as the train moved away from the station the man struck up some
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small torque by the time the train reached Hirsch Garden station he stood at the door of
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the compartment and looked out to the platform no one else boarded their compartment
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and the train took off once more as soon as the train started moving the man walked over to Elizabeth
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he removed a thick piece of lead piping he had hidden up his jacket sleeve and brought it down hard on Elizabeth's head
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she was temporarily concussed but regained Consciousness relatively quickly and began screaming for help
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her cries were muted but the loud sounds of the train as It sped along the tracks
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ensuring no other passengers could hear her the man hit Elizabeth with the pipe over
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and over until she eventually slumped down onto the floor the attacker then opened the compartment
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door with the intention of pushing Elizabeth's body into the rush of cold air outside
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he turned around to grab her but to his surprise Elizabeth was still alive and had started inching away from him
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once again he beat her repeatedly with the lead pipe Elizabeth clung to Consciousness but was
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no longer able to scream or fight back as her attacker dragged her towards the open door
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he continued pelting Elizabeth's back and kicking her body until the train descended towards the next station
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he then started molesting her just before the train lost momentum he pushed Elizabeth through the open door
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and out into the darkness [Music] like a get a cargo before her Elizabeth bendorff miraculously survived being
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thrown from the s-bahn she suffered a severe concussion and extensive injuries and it took eight
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days of treatment in the hospital before she had recovered enough to be questioned by police
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while Elizabeth could describe her attack she couldn't identify the man responsible
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regardless police no longer doubted a good at cargill's story [Music] neither Gerda nor Elizabeth got a clear
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look of the offender's face and the small descriptions they could provide conflicted one another
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still police now had a new crime scene to examine for Clues they searched the s-bahn and while it
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was difficult to single out the attacker's fingerprints in the compartments due to it being such a high
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traffic area they did find something of significance behind one of the seat cushions police
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uncovered the lead pipe that had been used to beat Elizabeth Bendorf the blood-stained pipe was two inches
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thick and 20 inches long with telephone cable inside and numbers printed on the exterior
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it was unclear why the perpetrator had left it behind but he did have the foresight to wipe down the section he'd
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been holding on to to remove his fingerprints while any old piece of lead pipe would
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be near impossible to trace the numbers on this pipe allowed police to identify it as having come from cable that was
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laid alongside the s-bahn tracks around rumorsborg a year and a half prior police looked into the workers who had
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originally laid the cable and ruled them out as suspects one by one there were only two other ways in which
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the piping could have been obtained one of the workers could have haphazardly tossed it aside with the
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attacker later stumbling upon it the problem with this theory was that with Germany at War scrap metal was
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valuable and therefore unlikely to be willfully discarded alternatively the piping could have been
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stolen from the warehouse where the scrap pieces of cable were taken after the job was done
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thousands of people had access to the warehouse meaning anyone could have swiped it
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investigators determined that the same piece of pipe had been used against Yuli Schumacher thus confirming that
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friedrichs Felder garden and s-bahn attacks were carried out by the same offender
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but they were quick to realize the weapon wasn't The Smoking Gun they had anticipated
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[Music] given that no one had been killed on the s-bahn news of the attacks didn't spread
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and no increased safety measures were put in place for the most part life on the s-bahn
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continued as normal just like he had with his attacks in the friedrichs Felder Gardens the offender
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waited until police attention had waned and was focused elsewhere before striking again
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on the night of Tuesday December 3 1940 one month after the attack on Elizabeth Bendorf the perpetrator rode the s-bahn
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with a 15-inch iron Rod concealed up his jacket sleeve given that Elizabeth had survived he
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decided he would no longer engage his victims in small talk first the chance of them getting a good look
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at him was too risky when he spotted 26 year old Nur cellfrida Franca traveling alone in a
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compartment he walked right up to her pulled out his iron rod and struck her in the head without saying a word
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learning from his previous mistakes this time he hit harder to ensure Alfreda would be completely incapacitated and
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unable to scream or try to escape Alfreda was struck with such force that her skull was shattered and her brain
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damaged killing her instantly her killer then pushed her body out of the train before it reached the next
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station less than half an hour later nineteen-year-old Emma guard Fraser was walking alone along a quiet street
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halfway between the Carl's horse and rumorsburg train stations on the nearby tracks the s-bahn came to
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a stop within minutes it was off again the sound of its motor Fading Into the distance
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M guard didn't have a moment to acknowledge what came next suddenly a dark figure silently launched
00:37:09
from the Shadows raising an iron rod in the air before bringing it down on M guard's head knocking her out instantly
00:37:18
she was hit three more times in quick succession the rod crushing her skull imguard's body was left out in the open
00:37:27
Street where it was found at 4 30 am the disheveled state of her clothing confirmed she'd been raped
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shockingly despite her extensive head injuries imguard was still alive she was rushed to hospital with the
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detective by her side in case she regained Consciousness and revealed any key information about the attack
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everything so they were centralized and what he wanted to say could be put before the German people without
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contradiction what he did was to create the image of the party the image of the fuhrer when Gumball speaks to the German
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people who are strictly forbidden to listen to foreign broadcasts radio wardens see that they listen doctor
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Joseph Goebbels was well aware that a serial killer was active in eastern Berlin
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he knew that the s-bahn murderer as he'd come to be known had an extensive history of offending with his actions
00:42:37
escalating over time now that the perpetrator was striking multiple times in one night local women
00:42:44
were in Greater danger and the Goebbels understood that there was little the police could do
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their resources were already stretched due to the war and the blackout induced crime wave
00:42:57
they were also vastly inexperienced to tackle a case of this magnitude regardless as the minister of propaganda
00:43:06
Goebbels didn't want any word of it getting out as detailed in the book a serial killer
00:43:13
in Nazi Berlin Goebbels wanted German citizens to fear the Nazi regime and not think they could get away with
00:43:20
committing violent crimes he also didn't want the German men who were fighting in the war to think they'd
00:43:27
be better off protecting their loved ones at home consequently the s-bond murderer was
00:43:33
kept out of the press a few posters requesting information about Alfreda Franco's murder were
00:43:41
dotted around train stations but they implied it was a one-off crime not the work of a serial killer
00:43:50
not only did this censorship put more women at risk it also prevented anyone with information that could be helpful
00:43:57
to the investigation from coming forward police did what they could within the limitations set by the government
00:44:04
offering a reward of ten thousand reich's marks for information pertaining to alfreda's murder
00:44:11
this was a significant amount of money at the time with a small home in the area costing around 150 reich's marks
00:44:20
complicating matters was the unpredictability of the Killer's Behavior while he had a clear Mo his crimes
00:44:28
weren't always carried out in the same manner or location sometimes he struck in the expansive
00:44:35
allotment Gardens on the s-bahn or along the surrounding streets sometimes he interacted with thought
00:44:42
taunted his victims other times he struck without any word or warning although the s-bahn murderer had only
00:44:51
committed a few sexual assaults police believed all his crimes were sexually motivated
00:44:57
whether or not he raped or molested his victims depended if he thought he could get away with it in time without getting
00:45:04
caught time was of the essence with the attacks occurring more frequently it signified
00:45:12
that the thrill was wearing off quicker for the s-bahn murderer he would likely continue to strike more
00:45:18
often to satisfy his desire Eda Schmidt not her real name was dressed in her nicest clothes when she
00:45:31
boarded the S Barn alone and entered an area known as the second class compartment
00:45:37
it was the same section where women had previously been attacked and thrown from
00:45:42
the moving train the compartment was empty when Ada took her seat but her peaceful Journey was
00:45:49
soon interrupted by a lone male passenger slowly he approached Ada although she couldn't see his face due
00:45:59
to the poor lighting she could tell that he was wearing a buttonless black jacket
00:46:04
and a hat that together looked like some kind of uniform suddenly the man stopped in his tracks
00:46:13
he could tell that ADA didn't appear afraid instead her posture suggested she was on heightened alert as though
00:46:21
prepared to defend herself Ada thought the man looked confused as to what to do next
00:46:30
suddenly he rushed to the side door before Ada could react he yanked it open and launched himself out of the moving
00:46:38
train into the darkness he landed without causing significant injury Ada watched as he ran towards the nearby
00:46:49
rumorsburg train station before losing sight of him completely once the train came to a stop Ada's
00:46:58
compartment was swarmed by police she was an undercover officer posing as a civilian hoping to lure out the espan
00:47:06
murderer although it couldn't be confirmed with absolute certainty that the man who
00:47:12
approached Ada was the killer his behavior was suspicious enough for police to strongly believe it was
00:47:19
additionally while the garden attacker dressed in casual clothing survivors of the s-bahn attacks reported that the
00:47:27
perpetrator wore some kind of uniform police scoured the tracks into nearby stations but found no sign of the man
00:47:39
no one who had crossed paths with the espar murderer was able to accurately identify what kind of uniform it was
00:47:46
their accounts differed with some describing it as blue While others said black some said he wore a hat with an emblem
00:47:55
on the front many civilian and Military uniformed organizations existed within the Nazi
00:48:02
regime and some of their uniforms were very similar making it difficult for police to narrow the suspect down to any
00:48:09
particular group they considered whether he could be wearing the uniform of the elite German
00:48:15
paramilitary organization the should staffel widely known as the SS while the latest iteration of their
00:48:24
uniform was gray there had been a black version at one stage members also wore a distinct peaked cap
00:48:32
with an eagle and a skull and crossbones Insignia on it the possibility that the s-bahn murderer
00:48:40
could be part of the SS had major implications police handled this Theory discreetly
00:48:47
while continuing with their efforts to catch the Killer more decoys rode on the s-bahn including
00:48:54
male police officers dressed in feminine clothing it was hoped the killer wouldn't notice
00:49:01
the ruse in the darkened conditions and they lingered on the trains at night waiting for the killer to strike
00:49:13
the winter sun was yet to rise on the morning of Sunday December 22 1940 when 30 year old Elizabeth bungener boarded
00:49:21
the second-class compartment of the s-bahn at 6am she was alone but excited she was headed to see her military
00:49:31
husband who was currently stationed outside of Berlin but the two would never be reunited
00:49:39
six hours later Elizabeth's body was found lying on the railway tracks between Frederick's Hagen and ransdorf
00:49:46
stations she had been repeatedly struck in the head with a blunt instrument likely an
00:49:53
iron Rod or a lead pipe Elizabeth survived the Savage beating but was killed when her body was pushed
00:50:01
from the moving train Elizabeth bunganair was the fourth killing carried out by the s-bahn
00:50:09
murderer and the first to have been targeted in the morning it was cleared to police that whoever
00:50:16
was responsible was changing tactics as if they knew about the decoys monitoring
00:50:21
Dias Barn at night police resources were far too stretched to have undercover officers Manning the
00:50:28
train Round the Clock late on the morning of Sunday December 29 just one week after the murder of
00:50:37
Elizabeth bungener another body was discovered on the side of the railroad tracks
00:50:43
46 year old Gertrude de zivard had been traveling alone in the second class compartment of the s-bahn hours earlier
00:50:50
when she was struck to the head and thrown from the moving train between the Carl's horse and rumorsborg stations
00:50:58
by the time she was found Gertrude was barely clinging to life she was rushed to hospital but died
00:51:05
later that day 27 year old hedwick ebower was targeted the following Sunday this time the s-bahn murderer used an
00:51:17
old tactic he choked head Vig until she fell unconscious then threw her body from the
00:51:24
Train hedvig who was three months pregnant was found alive by the railroad tracks near
00:51:30
vulhada station but later died from the injury she sustained upon impact seven women had now been attacked on the
00:51:40
train five of whom were killed despite the government's best efforts to keep news of the serial killer Under
00:51:48
Wraps rumors of his actions were spreading across Berlin the police requested permission from
00:51:55
Joseph Goebbels to print an article in a city-wide newspaper to officially address the crimes and warn commuters
00:52:03
Goebbels reluctantly agreed but on the condition that all it said was that a person was quote making trouble on the
00:52:12
s-bahn the article did divulge that women had been thrown from the vehicle but it
00:52:19
didn't mention how many or that they died as a result Goebbels also permitted matching Flyers
00:52:27
to be distributed to the public but kept the amount at 2 000. he forbade an announcement from being
00:52:35
broadcast on the radio as he didn't want word to spread outside of Berlin Goebbels had his own idea about how to
00:52:44
ensure the safety of the city's female passengers he requested that men volunteer to
00:52:51
chaperone lone women traveling on the s-bahn at night the only men who could apply for this
00:52:57
role were members of a paramilitary wing of the Nazi party who enforced the regime through physical violence
00:53:04
these men were referred to as brown shirts named after the color of their uniform
00:53:11
to be given the role of a brown shirt was considered an honor reserved for trustworthy men with no criminal record
00:53:18
the minister of propaganda's strategy appeared successful as lone female passengers were escorted
00:53:26
on the s-bomb by Brown Shirts the remainder of January passed with no further incidents
00:53:32
[Music] mother of three 39 year old Johanna Voigt stood alone at the rumorsborg train station
00:53:44
it was 10 pm on Tuesday February 11 and Johanna was nervous she knew about the s-bahn murderer and
00:53:54
given she was pregnant Johanna feared for the safety of her unborn baby her worry must have been palpable
00:54:01
because an experienced brown shirt approached having spent the day assisting women on their travels
00:54:09
typically women had to check in as part of the program and a brown shirt would then be authorized by Joseph Goebbels
00:54:16
himself to personally escort her Johanna hadn't made any such Arrangements but she asked the brown
00:54:24
shirt if he would be willing to accompany her to Carl's horse station although he'd already clocked off Carl's
00:54:32
horse was only one station away so the men agreed the pair entered the empty second-class
00:54:40
compartment and took a seat as the train took off and gained momentum the brown shirt suddenly pulled
00:54:48
an iron Rod out from his jacket sleeve and immediately struck Johanna in their head with it
00:54:55
he then dragged her unconscious body to the door of the train and pushed her out
00:55:01
Johanna survived the initial attack but by the time she was found she'd succumbed to her injuries
00:55:09
there was nothing amongst Johannes belongings that hinted towards her Killer's identity
00:55:15
rather it was the absence of a certain item that gave investigators pause like several of the other victims
00:55:24
Johanna Voigt had been traveling on the s-bahn without a ticket an offense punishable by fine
00:55:32
while measures were in place to prevent people from riding the s-bahn without a valid ticket it was to be expected that
00:55:39
the odd passenger would slip through without pain however it struck investigators as odd
00:55:46
that so many of the murder victims were riding freely given it was highly unlikely that all of
00:55:53
them had managed to avoid crossing paths with a ticket inspector investigators developed a theory
00:56:01
if the killer was a current or former s-bahn employee or posing as one he could approach his victims without
00:56:08
causing alarm some of the victims could have been lured onto the train with the promise of
00:56:14
a free and safe journey alternatively the killer could have confronted the women under the guise of
00:56:21
checking their tickets before launching an attack curiously get a cargo recalled that her
00:56:28
attacker had approached her shortly before she boarded the s-bahn and directed her to the second class
00:56:34
compartment [Music] considering he was dressed in uniform she assumed he was a railroad employee
00:56:41
and obeyed his command without question Elizabeth Bendorf had also been told to board the second class compartment by a
00:56:50
uniformed man shortly before her attack yet both women clarified that he wasn't impersonating a ticket inspector
00:57:01
the s-bahn was staffed by employees of the national railroad whose uniforms included a hat adorned with an eagle
00:57:09
clutching a swastika given that this match to witness descriptions of the killer police had
00:57:16
initially considered whether the offender could be a railroad worker the problem was that there were over 5
00:57:24
000 uniformed employees of the national railroad spread across 28 departments so
00:57:29
narrowing down the suspect list would be no easy feat roughly a quarter were eliminated
00:57:36
immediately based on survivor's descriptions the rest had to be questioned in addition to having their work schedules
00:57:44
collated checked and verified get a cargo and Elizabeth Bendorf were shown thousands of photos of men who
00:57:54
worked for the s-bahn but neither woman recognized their attacker 8 000 people who lived around the
00:58:03
friedrichs Felder Gardens were also looked into under pressure from Joseph Goebbels to
00:58:10
solve the case hundreds more undercover and uniformed police officers were tasked with riding the s-bahn and
00:58:17
meaning the key train stations along the way with no distinguishing features to be on
00:58:23
the lookout for they questioned every man they came across every train platform and compartment was
00:58:31
diligently searched for any evidence of the Killer's presence which sometimes required entire sections of the train
00:58:37
line to be shut down police were finally able to publish a more detailed newspaper article about
00:58:45
the case this time revealing that multiple women had been killed they further increased the reward on
00:58:53
offer to 13 000 Rex marks for information pertaining to Johanna Voight's murder or any of the previous
00:59:00
attacks while warning women against riding in the second class compartment the article also detailed the
00:59:08
possibility that the offender was wearing a National Railway uniform or something similar
00:59:16
police were inundated with roughly 1500 tips from the public while none of the tip-offs led to the
00:59:23
identification of the perpetrator the heavy-handed investigation had seemingly brought an end to his killing spree
00:59:32
[Music] by Thursday July 3 1941 five months had passed since the aspan murderer had a
00:59:41
last struck with the increased police presence and the public now on high alert commuters
00:59:48
were safer than ever before in the early morning hours 35 year old Freda cozio rode the s-bahn without
00:59:57
incident she disembarked at rumorsburg station along with nine other women and one man
01:00:06
as they left the platform the group scattered to take their different routes home
01:00:12
[Music] Frida hit it alone down a path towards the nearby allotment Gardens once she reached the quiet and darkened
01:00:22
grounds she was struck in the back of the head with an iron bar the beating continued once she was on
01:00:29
the ground resulting in Frieda's skull caving in [Music] her attacker then tore off her clothing
01:00:36
below the waist and proceeded to rape her before fleeing the scene freda's bloodied and partially naked
01:00:44
body was found shortly after making her the eighth fatality at the hands of the s-bahn murderer
01:00:54
freda's death was a blow to investigators having narrowed in on the yes Barn they'd overlooked the perpetrator's
01:01:02
previous hunting grounds and hadn't thought to put safety measures in place in the allotment Gardens
01:01:09
the police felt partially responsible for Frida cochio's murder as it was clear that the killer knew the police
01:01:15
had taken over the train system instead of changing tactics to flush him out their defiant actions had forced the
01:01:24
killer away from the very spot they might have otherwise caught him [Music] still the gardens provided evidence that
01:01:33
the s-bahn did not a set of fresh shoe prints were pressed in the dirt surrounding freda's body and
01:01:40
led 50 meters Beyond indicating that someone had knelt down next to her body and inspected it before running from the
01:01:48
scene plus the molds of the prince revealed the shoeing question was a size 39 and a
01:01:55
half with an extra thick Rubber Sole and distinctive tread pattern they matched shoes manufactured by a
01:02:04
specialist Podiatry company as luck would have it the company kept a well-documented records of all their
01:02:12
customers including those who had purchased the size 39 and a half shoe armed with this list investigators began
01:02:22
tracking down and interviewing each of the customers most were fighting in the war or lived
01:02:29
too far away and were promptly ruled out but there was one man that called investigators interest
01:02:37
he lived near the rumorsborg train station right by the allotment Gardens where dozens of women had been attacked
01:02:45
he was a carpenter named V Hyman a check of his police records revealed that Hyman had a criminal conviction for
01:02:55
voyeurism having previously been caught spying on a couple having sex it was the only blemish on an otherwise
01:03:04
clean record Hyman was taken in for questioning during which he denied involvement in
01:03:11
any of the s-bahn murderers crimes in the meantime his home was searched for any evidence that could link him to
01:03:19
the case [Music] officers found a pair of custom Podiatry shoes and compared them to the molds
01:03:28
taken alongside Frida cotsiol's body they were a match when Hyman was informed of this
01:03:37
discovery he admitted that he'd stumbled across Frieda's body and had knelt down
01:03:42
to inspect it once he realized she was dead he fled the scene Hyman didn't admit to this earlier
01:03:51
because he was scared of being used as a scapegoat he was also mindful that the penalty for
01:03:58
sex-based crimes were severely Amplified during the blackout [Music] given his history as a convicted sex
01:04:05
offender he feared that he'd be handed a death sentence despite his innocence just so authorities could close the case
01:04:14
[Music] police were forced to drop the hymen lead when they discovered that he had
01:04:20
solid Alibis for a large percentage of the espan murderer's attacks thus ruling him out as the perpetrator
01:04:27
[Music] whether he'd face any repercussions for failing to report Frida cochio's murder
01:04:34
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01:07:16
following the murder of Frida cozio police extended their covert surveillance to the Fredericks Felder
01:07:22
allotment Gardens while also observing the s-bahn more discreetly although these preventative measures had
01:07:30
previously deterred the perpetrator temporarily the police knew they were unsustainable in the long term
01:07:37
once officers were forced to return to other duties the s-bahn murderer would no doubt resume his sprig
01:07:46
meanwhile investigators were still making their way through the long list of employees from the national railroad
01:07:52
questioning everyone about the murders none so far had raised their suspicions and the ticket inspector lead was a dead
01:08:01
end police considered the possibility that the killer wasn't a railroad employee at
01:08:08
all but had been wearing a fake or stolen uniform then a week after the murder of Frida
01:08:16
cosiol as they were wrapping up close to six months worth of railroad employee interviews there seemed to be a much
01:08:23
needed breakthrough police concluded the interviews with a standard question have you noticed anything suspicious
01:08:32
about any of your co-workers one man had [Music] spotted a colleague 28 year old Paul
01:08:43
ugazoff leaving work in the middle of his shift by jumping over a fence when confronted ulgasov said he was off
01:08:51
to see a woman he returned sometime later without any of his superiors noticing his absence
01:09:00
orgasov had worked for the railroad for six years having worked his way up from a temporary role as a manual laborer to
01:09:08
a permanent position as an auxiliary signalman he was stationed in a tower near the
01:09:15
rumorsburg station where he worked mostly alone monitoring signaling that ensured the trains ran efficiently and
01:09:22
safely despite having worked at the company for a long time ulgazov wasn't close to his colleagues
01:09:30
many didn't even know his name Paul ugazov had already been questioned in relation to the s-bahn murders
01:09:41
records showed he had been working at the time of the attacks and his role had him positioned in a signal Tower a
01:09:48
building along the railroad that was independent of the stations he was not required to ride the s-bahn
01:09:56
as part of his duties or interact with passengers officers had found ugazov assiduous and
01:10:04
industrious and he was praised by his superiors for his unblemished work history
01:10:11
he was ultimately ruled out of the investigation however when his colleague reported
01:10:18
ugazoff's history of Disappearing mid-shift his roster no longer provided him with an alibi
01:10:26
while ugazov didn't have a violent criminal record or history of sexual deviancy he had been arrested for
01:10:33
burglary some years prior even with this conviction there was nothing in ugazov's background to
01:10:40
suggest he was capable of the espan murderer's crimes he was a hard-working German National
01:10:47
and married father of two most importantly he was a long time and upstanding member of the Nazi party
01:10:58
ugazov relished being a Nazi party member and his loyalty was rewarded with the highly regarded position of Sergeant
01:11:05
in one of the group's paramilitary offshoots colloquially known as the brown shirts
01:11:12
this role saw him tasked with safely escorting women to and from the s-bahn during the height of the killings
01:11:22
ugazov dismissed the allegations that he'd previously left his work post saying whoever accused him of that was
01:11:28
either lying or mistaken it took some time before he finally confessed that it was true
01:11:37
he explained that he was having an affair with a married woman who lived nearby he'd initially lied to avoid getting
01:11:45
into trouble with his wife or employers the woman confirmed she and ugazoff were
01:11:52
having an affair and while this supported ugazoff's claims it didn't clear him as a suspect
01:11:59
all it did was prove he had a habit of abandoning his work post on the sly upon re-examining ugazoff's work
01:12:09
schedule for the Knights of the murders investigators discovered that the killings had occurred at times when no
01:12:15
trains had been passing through as ugazoff worked alone this meant he could have left his signal Tower without
01:12:23
anyone noticing his absence or lack of input a search of ugazov's home near the Fredericks Felder Gardens uncovered
01:12:33
several uniforms and matching caps including those he wore while on the job at first glance the clothing appeared
01:12:42
clean but a microscopic examination of the fabric revealed blood stains including a large amount around the
01:12:50
crotch area of his pants ugazov claimed the blood had come from his wife who had been sick three days
01:12:58
earlier she corroborated this story [Music] ugazoff added that he'd also recently
01:13:06
cut his finger and had wiped the blood on his pants testing confirmed the blood was indeed
01:13:13
human but there wasn't enough to establish what type it was and as DNA testing didn't exist at the time nothing
01:13:21
else could be ascertained blood stains were also found on ugazov's worker jacket
01:13:29
forensics concluded that this blood spatter was consistent with a violent attack
01:13:38
inside ugazov's home investigators also found a sports shirt dark pants and a blue visor cap similar to the outfit
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worn by the flashlight wielding Menace In the Fredericks Felder Gardens it was an area ugazov was familiar with
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as he had to pass through the Gardens on his way home from work due to his shift work this often took
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place late at night and sometimes ugazoff was on his bike ugazoff denied doing anything wrong but
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after intense questioning he eventually relented he admitted to being the bike riding
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flashlight-wielding Man Who Would harassed women the year prior but maintained the worst offense he'd
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committed was once grabbing a woman ugazov was taken to the Fredericks Felder Gardens to pinpoint exactly where
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he had carried out the minor offenses he had confessed to it soon became clear that ugazov had
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committed far more than he was willing to admit to [Music] over the next three hours he struggled
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to keep track of where everything had taken place at one stage he pointed out a railway
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underpass as the location where he'd scared a Woman by shining his flashlight at her
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this was actually the place where a felony assault had reportedly taken place ulgazov pointed out two more spots that
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he claimed were the setting of minor altercations when in fact they were the sites of two attempted murders
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out of all the survivors only Gertrude denisvant was able to positively identify Paul ugazoff as her attacker
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after seeing him in police custody hate confronted her on her parents doorstep and the pair had a brief
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interaction before he had attacked once the garden tour was over ulgazor fast to speak with the officer
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in charge of the serious crimes unit commissioner Wilhelm lutka investigators suspected this was a
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tactic and ugazoff was perhaps going to use his standing in the Nazi party to influence a senior member of police
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his request was granted but when ugazov was led into the interrogation room he was confronted with five skulls
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belonging to the yesbahn murderer's victims they were placed on the center of a table with a light shining directly on
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them their Hollow eyes aimed in ugazov's Direction ugazov looked at commissioner lutka and
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immediately remarked you gotta help me he began to insist that he was a loyal member of the Nazi party and went on to
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describe a violent acts he had committed against the Jewish people in the hopes that would endear him to ludka
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commissioner ludka had endured the highs and lows of the espan murderer investigation and wanted the case solved
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more than anyone he would later remark rarely has the work of the Berlin criminal police particularly homicide
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been of such strong public interest Lucan knew the longer citizens lived in fear of the threat the more they would
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question the abilities of those tasked with protecting them pretending to be sympathetic
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commissioner Luca told Paul ugazoff that if he wanted help he would need to tell
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the police exactly what he'd done [Music] ugazoff's next move was unexpected he admitted to committing the murders
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but described them incorrectly saying he had stabbed the women to death he was trying to muddy the waters so it
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would be difficult to convict him commissioner ludka pressed ugazov to reveal the truth by methodically going
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over all the evidence including the skulls that were sitting before them Lodge Halls were clearly visible from
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where they had each been struck with a heavy blunt object injuries that couldn't have been inflicted with a
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knife at this point the blood drained from ugazov's face he said the injury must have occurred
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when the victim fell from the train even though that possibility had already been
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excluded by forensic experts commissioner ludka asked ugazov Point Blank what did you beat these women to death
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with reaching the end of the line and Ashen and trembling ugazoff replied with a lead cable
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[Music] the floodgates had opened and Paul ugazov confessed to everything in correct a detail
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he spoke of the attacks in the garden and how he'd adjusted his tactics with each mistake eventually committing his
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crimes on the s-bahn which he was innately familiar with he knew the second class compartment had
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the fewest passengers and was empty more often making it the ideal spot to strike
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he approached a lone female passengers while wearing his work or brown shirts uniform as he knew they would trust his
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authority after each murder he returned home to his family who were none the wiser
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he also revealed that upon pushing one of his victims off the s-bahn he had tracked to the site where her body
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landed he thought it would give him a second rush but instead he felt sickened upon
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saying what he had done he didn't revisit any of his crime scenes after that in a written confession
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ugazov provided an insight into how his murderous urge developed but it was really an attempt to use his
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political ties to sway public opinion he wrote a few years ago I had sex with a stripper and then went to a Jewish
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doctor the Jew who knew I was a Nazi party member as out of hatred for the Nazis
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mistreated my gonorrhea the consequence of which has affected my state of mind I would like this considered for
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sentencing purposes therefore I am not responsible for my actions also please bear in mind that I'm a
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party member he also tried to pin his behavior on head injuries he sustained in his youth
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though he showed no evidence of brain damage in fact in their report the investigating police described ugazoff
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as having a completely cold and calculating nature without any nerves or inhibitions when
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it came to satisfying his sexual urges the report added that he had willingly and consciously exploited the
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blackout giving him greater opportunity for his attacks and facilitated his escapes
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Paul ugazov's trial commenced to just two weeks after his arrest any hope that he's standing within the
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Nazi party would absolve him if his crimes were short-lived as he was found guilty for the murder of eight women and
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the attempted murder of six others calling ugazov a beast in human form deservedly eliminated from the national
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Community the judge sentenced ubizov to death seemingly accepting that his previous
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explanations had failed when ugazoff was asked why he felt compelled to kill women he finally revealed
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because I hate them there was no death row within the German criminal justice system a death sentence
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was to be carried out within hours of being handed down Paul ugazoff was executed by
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decapitation the following day his remains were sent to the Institute of anatomy and biology to be used for
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research purposes a few weeks later a letter was sent to ugazoff's wife it was a bill from the prison
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ulgazov's execution had caused the wear and tear to the guillotine blade and his
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wife would have to pay to service it two days after ugazov's execution Florida's Miami heralding newspaper
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printed an article that read [Music] strangely a Berlin Court sentenced a railway worker to death because he
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killed eight women under the circumstances it would seem that the man would have been placed in
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the army or better yet in a bomber then he could have bombed and killed women during blackouts in England
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instead of being executed he would have been rewarded with medals a monument might have been erected to him
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government is peculiar it would punish one man because he murdered it organizes armies and trains them to
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murder on a wholesale scale Paul ugazoff is sentenced to death for killing eight women
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Adolf Hitler is saluted and cheered because he has killed thousands of men women and children
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