Monsters of Weimar: The Stories of Fritz Haarmann and Peter Kurten

Theodor Lessing / Karl Berg / George Godwin / Mo Croasdale

In Weimar Germany, before the Nazis rose, the most evil me were those who sought innocent victims out in the backstreets and alleys. Fritz Haarman, "Butcher of Hanover", captured young men to satisfy his sexual desires. To fill his pockets with their stolen cash. To satiate his bloodlust, and to stock his butcher store with the flesh of their young bodies. Peter Kurten was known as "The Vampire od Dusseldorf" during his reign of power. At the peak of his atrocities, no human being was sacred of safe. the epitome of pure evil, even the knowledge of his eventual execution filled him with pleasure. For the first time ever, the classic case histories of these twao human monsters, banned bu Hitler soon after he came to power - appear in one disturbing volume. Theodor Lessing's "Haarman: The story of a werewolf" tells the story of how this uniquely evil man escaped police attention, until he had killed far, far too many times. "Peter Kurten", a fascinating essay by a distinguised criminologist, is combined with a pathologist's study of the infamous sadist, to give a chilling glimpse into the psyche of the man who may have been the most vicious serial killer of the 20th century. With an introduction by Colin Wilson, and an afterword detailing the films based on these incredible cases

306 pages softcover Nemesis Publications, London (1993) 210mm x 148mm

very good condition