Fritz Haarmann: The Butcher From Hanover
Movie| Title | Fritz Haarmann: der Schlächter von Hannover |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Sep 23, 2017 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Katia Chapoutier |
| Production country | Germany, France |
| Production companies | ARTE France Cinéma |
| Run time | 26 min. |
In Hanover, Germany 1924, the discovery of bones and skulls catches the authorities’ attention. Media covers the case and a suspect – Fritz Haarmann – is quickly arrested. Haarmann is a local butcher who manufactures his own sausages. Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (25 October 1879 – 15 April 1925) was a German serial killer, known as the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover, who committed the sexual assault, murder, mutilation and dismemberment of a minimum of 24 boys and young men between 1918 and 1924 in Hanover, Germany.
