racial theory of crime, 124–125, 143–147, 211
radio navigation used by Nazi Germany, 37
Rahnsdorf S-Bahn station, xv, xvii, 53, 151, 166
railroad. See S-Bahn
rationalization of Koziol’s murder by Lüdtke, 198–199
rationing in Nazi Germany, 52, 201–202
rebar used by Ogorzow, 102, 103–104, 107, 110, 111, 130, 166, 170, 171, 179, 180, 197
REDCAP program (CIA), 255
red herring (shoes), 200–206, 222–223
“Regulation Against Folk Pests” (Volksschädlingsverordnung), 45–46
Reich Chancellery bunker, 259–260
Reich Criminal Investigation Department newspaper (Deutches Kriminalpolizeiblatt), 83–84
Reich Main Security Office (Reichssicherheitshauptam, RHSA), 113–114, 115–119, 152, 190. See also Heydrich, Reinhard; Himmler, Heinrich; Kripo; Nebe, Arthur
Reichsbahn (German National Railroad Company), 49–50, 54, 55, 56, 78, 150, 163, 262. See also S-Bahn
Reichskriminalpolizeiamt (RKPA), 116
Reichssicherheitshauptam. See Reich Main Security Office
Reinhardtstraße, 63
rent in Nazi Germany, 75, 76
returning to scene of crimes, serial killers, 168, 226
revoking of Ogorzow’s Nazi Party membership, 236
rewards offered by Kripo, 81–83, 87, 88, 127, 140, 174, 185, 187
Rheydt, Germany, 123
Rhineland-Palatinate, 260
RHSA. See Reich Main Security Office
rights (none) of public, Nazi Germany, 216
“Ringbahn,” 51–52, 54
Ritschel, Magda (Goebbels’s wife), 123, 259
RKPA (Reichskriminalpolizeiamt), 116
Roosevelt, Franklin (U.S. President), 38
Rosie the Riveter, 91
roundups of train riders at key times, 184
Royal Air Force (British), 43
Ruhr region, Germany, 36
Rummelsburg S-Bahn station, xiii, xv, xvii, 25, 52–53, 67, 78, 99, 106, 129, 141, 150, 151, 155, 158, 159, 172, 175, 180, 183, 185, 196, 208
SA (Sturmabteilung), 31–33, 34, 102, 103, 154, 165, 178, 208, 209, 220, 222, 224, 228, 234, 244
Saga, Marie (Ogorzow’s mother), 30
Saga, Paul, 30. See also Ogorzow, Paul
Salamander, 201
S-Bahn, 19. See also S-Bahn Murderer
air raid warning system, 63–64
chronology of background events (August 1939–July 1941), xix–xx
“city fast train” (Stadtschnell-bahn), 50–51
color scheme used by, 47, 50
connecting the garden and train attacks, 132–142, 148–150, 213, 226
control cars, 153
doors on, 57, 58, 93–94
East German control of, 262
electric traction motor sounds, 129–130
employee, Ogorzow, xiii, xxii, 2, 7, 31, 49–50, 52–53, 54, 55, 79, 157–160, 193, 195, 209
engine cars, 153
first-class transport, 56
garden area murders vs., 34, 111, 156, 195
German National Railroad Company (Reichsbahn), 49–50, 54, 55, 56, 78, 150, 163, 262
history of, 50–52
logo, 50
maps (1939), xiii, xiv–xv
Olympics (Berlin, 1936) and, 51
personnel interviewed by Kripo, 189, 207–208, 209
“quarter trains,” 56
Ringbahn (inner area of Berlin), 54
second-class compartments, 54, 55, 56, 92, 122, 126, 153, 175, 185, 186, 187
S-Bahn (cont.)
sounds made by, 129–130
stations on key route, xiii, xvii, 34, 35
telephony cable laid alongside parts of, 99
third-class compartments, 54, 55, 91–92, 152, 153
third rail and electroshock hazard, 166–167
tickets and fines, 53–55
timetable, 59–60, 101–102, 104
tracks (expansion joints) sound, 129
trailer cars, 153
train switching technology, 159
“Vnk” (“Junction to Küstrin”), 158, 159–160, 208, 262
weekly/monthly passes, 54
women laborers’ fear of, 121–123, 127, 174
S-Bahn Murderer, 60, 226, 251. See also Bendorf, Elizabeth (attempted murder victim); Büngener, Elisabeth (murder victim); Ebauer, Hedwig (murder victim); Franke, Elfriede (murder victim); garden area murders; Kargoll, Gerda (attempted murder victim); Ogorzow, Paul; S-Bahn; Siewert, Gertrud (murder victim); Voigt, Johanna (murder victim)
schizophrenia, 137
Schlesische Bahn route monitoring, 150–155, 157
Schnellbahn (“fast train”), 51
Schollain, Helene, 87–88
Schöneberger Straße, 63
Schuhmacher, Julie (attempted murder victim), xiii, xxi, 25–27, 89, 110
Schutzstaffel. See SS
Schwarzbach, Wilhelm, 232–233
SD (Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS), 113, 114, 115
second-class compartments
murders in, 55, 56, 57, 91, 92, 93, 98, 102, 103, 110, 150, 152, 153, 166, 171, 173, 180, 182, 187–188
S-Bahn, 54, 55, 56, 92, 122, 126, 153, 175, 185, 186, 187
secrecy about S-Bahn Murderer, 108, 123, 124, 125–126, 127, 174, 176, 177, 192, 227, 249
Secret State Police. See Gestapo
Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei, SiPo), 33, 72–73, 113–114, 118. See also Kripo
serial killers. See also Ogorzow, Paul
animal torture, 30
enuresis (bed-wetting), 30
escalation of violence by, 10, 210
“homicidal triad/triangle,” 30
image of, 28, 210–211
modus operandi, 226
pyromania (setting fires), 30
quitting (rare), 206
returning to scene of crimes, 168, 226
stereotype, 28, 210–211
time between attacks, 172
trophies of kills, keeping, 168
Serious Crimes Unit, Kripo, 14, 16, 112, 220
setting fires (pyromania), serial killers, 30
sexual assaults by Ogorzow, 10, 24, 26–27, 59, 96, 104, 128, 130, 133, 135, 156, 197, 234
sexually transmitted diseases contracted by Ogorzow, 232–233, 234, 235, 241
sexual motive possibility, 137–139
sexual offender announcement, 83–84
Shirer, William, 35–36, 37–38
shoeprints/footprints of killer, 200–201, 202–203, 204, 205, 222–223
Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS (SD), 113, 114, 115
Sicherheitspolizei. See Security Police
Siewert, Gertrud (murder victim), xiii, xxi, 171–172
silence during attacks, Ogorzow, 12, 13, 20, 26, 146
SiPo. See Security Police
Sixth Amendment right to a lawyer, U.S., 216
skulls of victims used in interrogation, Lüdtke, 221–222, 224, 225
sleeping at the S-Bahn station, Ogorzow, 131, 160
Slovakia, 260
social situations handled easily by Ogorzow, 93
Sondergericht (Berlin Special Court), 229, 236–238, 239, 241–244, 250
sounds made by S-Bahn, 129–130
souvenirs of kills (never keeping), Ogorzow, 168
Soviet Union, xix, xx, 18, 48, 194, 209, 253, 254, 259, 260
special courts, Nazi Germany, 229, 236–238, 239, 241–244, 250
spy as attacker theory, 145
SS (Schutzstaffel). See also Himmler, Heinrich
Kripo and membership in, 120
Lüdtke’s membership, 252, 253
member as suspect, 162–164
“Staatliche Kriminalpolizei” (State Criminal Police), 72
Stadtbahn (“city train”), 51
Stadtschnell-bahn (“city fast train”), 50–51. See also S-Bahn
Stalag Luft III POW camp, 257
State Criminal Police (“Staatliche Kriminalpolizei”), 72
stations on key route, S-Bahn, xiii, xvii, 34, 35
stealing from victims (never), Ogorzow, 58, 167–168
stereotype, serial killers, 28, 210–211
stomach condition (excuse for murders), 234
Storm Troopers (SA), 31–33, 34, 102, 103, 154, 165, 178, 208, 209, 220, 222, 224, 228, 234, 244
strangulation by Ogorzow, 4, 17, 57, 68–69, 71, 74, 101, 107, 141, 172
Straschewski, Mike, 158
Sturmabteilung (SA), 31–33, 34, 102, 103, 154, 165, 178, 208, 209, 220, 222, 224, 228, 234, 244
suicide possibilities, 71, 167, 168
“summer-houses,” garden area, 6
suspects, wrong kind, 143–147
swastikas, 31, 50, 72, 163
switch from normal to killer behavior, Ogorzow, 68
syphilis, 233
telephony cable laid alongside parts of S-Bahn, 99
Telschow, Otto, 16
Thierack, Otto (Minister of Justice), 229–231
third-class compartments, S-Bahn, 54, 55, 91–92, 152, 153
third rail and electroshock hazard, S-Bahn, 166–167
Third Reich. See Nazi Germany
“Threat to Kill, The” (MacDonald), 30
throwing victims from a moving train, Ogorzow, 59–60, 95–96, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 110, 111, 128, 156, 161, 166, 167, 171, 173, 181, 197
ticket inspector as attacker theory, 181–182
tickets and fines, S-Bahn, 53–55
time cards of S-Bahn workers reviewed by Kripo, 189–190
time period between attacks, Ogorzow, 128, 133, 138, 139, 142, 172
timetable, S-Bahn, 59–60, 101–102, 104
tracks (expansion joints) sound, S-Bahn, 129
trailer cars, S-Bahn, 153
train. See S-Bahn
train switching technology, S-Bahn, 159
trap set by Lüdtke, 192–199
trial of Ogorzow, 235, 236–244
Tripartite Pact, xx
trophies of kills (keeping), serial killers, 168
12 O’Clock Journal (Das 12 Uhr Blatt), 174–175
U-Bahn (Untergrundbahn), 51, 52, 150
uniform of attacker focus, Lüdtke, 161–164
uniform worn by
Lüdtke, 252, 253, 260
Ogorzow, 2, 49, 55, 57, 92, 93, 102, 141, 145, 149–150, 156, 157, 161, 170, 175, 186, 188–189, 197
United Kingdom, xix, xx, 18, 36, 48, 62–63, 209. See also Great Britain (British)
United States, xix
Fifth Amendment right to silence, 216
Rosie the Riveter, 91
Sixth Amendment right to a lawyer, 216
World War II and, xix, 38, 49
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 45
Untergrundbahn (U-Bahn), 51, 52, 150
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 254–256
utopian ideology, Nazi Germany, 124
“Verbindung nach Küstrin” (“Vnk”), 158, 159–160, 208, 262
Vertrauensleute (V-persons), 88
Vichy Regime, 49
“Vnk” (“Junction to Küstrin”), 158, 159–160, 208, 262
Vogt, Herbert, 44
Voigt, Johanna (murder victim), xiii, xxi, 180–182, 183, 184, 185–186, 193
Volksschädlingsverordnung (“Decree Against Public Enemies”), 45–46
volunteer program authorized by Goebbels, 176–182, 189
vom Rath, Ernst, 33
V-persons (Vertrauensleute), 88
waiting to commit more attacks, Ogorzow, 192, 193, 195
warrant discs for identification, Kripo, 72
weekly/monthly passes, S-Bahn, 54
Weiblichen Kriminalpolizei (Female Criminal Police), 152, 153
Weimann, Waldemar (forensic pathologist and psychiatrist), xxii
addiction to violence, 59
Atlas of Forensic Medicine, 262
background of, 109–110
Büngener’s examination by, 169
cleaning skulls of victims, 221
connecting the garden and train attacks, 132–139
death of, 262
defensive wounds (lack of), 73–74
Diagnose Mord (“Diagnosis Murder”), 262
Ditter’s examination by, 73–74, 109
drug addicts and serial killers, 139
euthanization of sick children by, 261
Franke’s examination by, 107–109, 132
Freese’s examination by, 132–133
health conditions of killer as possible motive, 137
injuries as result of beating, 225
Institute of Forensic Medicine in Berlin, 109
Kargoll’s examination by, 107–108
lead object used by Ogorzow and, 110–111
motive of crimes, 109, 135–138
post S-Bahn murders, 261–262
sexual motive possibility, 137–139
Siewert’s examination by, 172
Voigt’s examination by, 181
Wessel’s examination by, 110
W’s (Who, When, Where, How, and Why), 108
Weimar Republic, 127, 210
Weinberg, G. (letter in Ditter’s’ home), 78–79
Werner, Paul, 125
West Germany, 262
Wicking, Friederike, 152
Wilhelmshagen S-Bahn station, xv, xvii, 151
WKP (Weiblichen Kriminalpolizei), 152, 153
Woge, Manfred, 176–177, 191
women blamed for murders by Ogorzow, 235
women laborers, Nazi Germany, 90–91, 121–123, 126, 127, 140, 145, 174, 228
women with husbands away in military, 7, 23, 29, 67–68, 91, 145, 196, 213, 228
workplace of Ogorzow, xiii, xxii, 2, 7, 31, 49–50, 52–53, 54, 55, 79, 157–160, 193, 195, 209
World War I, 15, 117–118, 252
World War II, xix, 11, 18, 49. See also Great Britain; Nazi Germany; Soviet Union; United States
aerial bombardment of cities, 36–39, 63
chronology of background events (August 1939–July 1941), xix–xx
W’s (Who, When, Where, How, and Why), 108
Wuhlheide S-Bahn station, xiii, xv, xvii, 56, 151, 173
yelling harassment by Ogorzow, 9, 18, 21, 138, 150
Yugoslavia, xx
Zach (Kripo Criminal Commissioner), 71–72, 74, 107–108, 110, 133
Ziegelmann, Gertrude, 28. See also Ogorzow, Gertrude (Paul’s wife)
Zusammenbruch (“the collapse”), 253
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Scott Andrew Selby is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Harvard Law School. He also has a master’s degree in Human Rights and Intellectual Property Law from Sweden’s Lund University. He is the author of The Axmann Conspiracy: The Nazi Plan for a Fourth Reich and How the U.S. Army Defeated It and a coauthor of Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History. He is licensed to practice law in California and New York.
The website for this book is www.aSerialKiller.com.
Police photograph of Paul Ogorzow.
Author’s Collection
German blackout poster: “The Enemy Sees Your Light! Blackout!”
Author’s Collection
German blackout poster: “Light Means Your Death!”
Author’s Collection
Re-creation of blackout conditions in second class of old S-Bahn train.
Robin Gottschlag, courtesy of “Historische S-Bahn e.V.,” Berlin, 2012
Waiting platform for Berlin S-Bahn, Karlshorst station.
Roland Anton Laub (photolaub.com), 2012
S-Bahn train pulling into the Rummelsburg station.
Roland Anton Laub (photolaub.com), 2012
Present-day view of the side of the Karlshorst S-Bahn station.
Roland Anton Laub (photolaub.com), 2012
Apartment building where Ogorzow lived, still standing today.
Roland Anton Laub (photolaub.com), 2012
Entrance to the apartment building Ogorzow lived in.
Roland Anton Laub (photolaub.com), 2012
Map of Rummelsburg S-Bahn station showing signal tower Vnk (1962).
Author’s Collection
Front of signal tower Vnk, where Ogorzow worked.
Sven Keßler, 2004
Rear of signal tower Vnk.
Sven Keßler, 2005
Police drawing of Ditter crime scene.
Author’s Collection
Police drawing of Franke crime scene.
Author’s Collection
Police drawing of Freese crime scene.
Author’s Collection
Police drawing of Koziol crime scene.
Author’s Collection
Skull of one of Ogorzow’s victims.
Author’s Collection
Mug shot of Paul Ogorzow.
Author’s Collection
Police photo of Ogorzow in his uniform.
Author’s Collection
Photo of Berlin S-Bahn class 167 built in 1938.
Walied Schön, courtesy of “Historische S-Bahn e.V.,” Berlin
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