German Murderers

Rank the Most Wicked German Murderers

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Armin Meiwes
(German Convicted Murderer)
Armin Meiwes
16
Birthdate: December 1, 1961
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
Armin Meiwes, also known as "The Master Butcher," was a computer repair man who killed and ate engineer Jürgen Armando Brandes, who had voluntarily offered himself to be eaten, in response to an advertisement on an online cannibalism-oriented forum. Armin is now serving a life sentence for murder.
 2 
Herschel Grynszpan
8
Birthdate: March 28, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hanover
Died: May 8, 1960

Herschel Grynszpan was a German Jew best remembered for assassinating a German diplomat named Ernst vom Rath to avenge the persecuted Jews. Rath's assassination had a huge impact on the Jews as the Nazis cited his murder as justification for their planned antisemitic pogroms against the Jews in Germany. Herschel Grynszpan disappeared in 1944 and was declared dead in 1960.

 3 
Adelheid Schulz
(Criminal)
Adelheid Schulz
3
Birthdate: March 31, 1955
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lörrach, Germany
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 4 
Birgit Hogefeld
(Red Army Faction)
Birgit Hogefeld
4
Birthdate: July 27, 1956
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wiesbaden, Germany
 5 
Jens Söring
(Author)
Jens Söring
3
Birthdate: August 1, 1966
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
 6 
Christine Schürrer
(Criminal)
Christine Schürrer
1
Birthdate: June 30, 1976
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
 7 
Stefan Baretzki
(Known for SS guard at Auschwitz)
Stefan Baretzki
3
Birthdate: March 24, 1919
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Died: June 21, 1988
 8 
Joachim Kroll
(German Criminal and Serial Killer)
Joachim Kroll
5
Birthdate: April 17, 1933
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Zabrze, Poland
Died: July 1, 1991
 9 
Bruno Lüdke
(Serial Killer)
Bruno Lüdke
9
Birthdate: April 3, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Germany
Died: April 8, 1944