German Murderers

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Herschel Grynszpan

(Murderer)

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.

Armin Meiwes

(German Convicted Murderer)

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.