A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin (36 page)

homicides handled by, 14, 71, 97, 112

husbands of victims interviewed by, 74–77, 78–80, 198

identification of Ogorzow by victims, 218–220

“immorally harassed,” 83

interrogation of Ogorzow, 216–220

Jews as attacker theory, 143–145

lead cable found by, 98–100, 110–111

murders handled by, 14, 71, 97, 112

news release sent out by, 84–86

Peeping Tom caught by, 205

plain clothes worn by, 252

police custody of Ogorzow, 207–236

press release following Ogorzow’s execution, 249–250

push to catch the killer, 183–191, 222–223

questioning of Ogorzow, 209–220

racial theory of crime, 124–125, 143–147, 211

railroad personnel interviewed by, 189, 207–208, 209

red herring (shoes), 200–206, 222–223

Reich Criminal Investigation Department newspaper
(Deutches Kriminalpolizeiblatt)
, 83–84

Reichskriminalpolizeiamt
(RKPA), 116

rewards offered by, 81–83, 87, 88, 127, 140, 174, 185, 187

Serious Crimes Unit, 14, 16, 112, 220

sexual offender announcement, 83–84

shoeprints/footprints of killer, 200–201, 202–203, 204, 205, 222–223

spy as attacker theory, 145

SS membership required, 120

suspects, wrong kind, 143–147

ticket inspector as attacker theory, 181–182

time cards of S-Bahn workers reviewed by, 189–190

warrant discs for identification, 72

Zach (Kripo Criminal Commissioner), 71–72, 74, 107–108, 110, 133

Kristallnacht
(Night of Broken Glass), 33, 103, 114

Kröber, Hans-Ludwig, 134

Küstrin, Germany, 158

labor deployment in Nazi Germany, 144–145, 146

lead cable found by Kripo, 98–100, 110–111

lead cable used by Ogorzow, 26, 89, 90, 94, 95, 96, 98–99, 108, 110, 138, 225–226

leaving work unnoticed, Ogorzow, 157–160, 207–208, 209, 211, 213

Libya, xx

Lichtenberg, Berlin, 52–53

Liebetraut, Mrs., 87–88

lies told in his confession, Ogorzow, 224–225

Life
magazine, 45–46, 64

logo, S-Bahn, 50

London bombed by Nazi Germany, xx, 36

Lüdtke, Edith (Wilhelm’s daughter), 120

Lüdtke, Johanna (Wilhelm’s mother), 15

Lüdtke, Karl Johan (Wilhelm’s father), 15

Lüdtke, Wilhelm (Kripo Police Commissioner), xxii

assaults to rapes to murders, 140–141

attacker with detailed knowledge of Kripo’s operations, 191

“Attacks on the S-Bahn” article published, 174–175

back-to-back criminal offenses as unusual, 142

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