Writing German history biographically IX: Becoming a bourgeois killer: Peter Kürten, the Vampire of Düsseldorf
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Sauter, Michael j (2025) Writing German history biographically IX: Becoming a bourgeois killer: Peter Kürten, the Vampire of Düsseldorf. German History. pp. 22-24. ISSN 0266-3554
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Abstract
This short essay uses the life (and death) of Peter Kürten, an infamous Weimar-era serial killer, to show how the category of "Weimar Killer" obscures more than it reveals about crime in twentieth-century Germany.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | serial murder, crime, Weimar Germany, Peter Kürten |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DD Germany |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Business & Applied Social Science > Department of Arts & Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Michael j Sauter |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2024 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2025 10:40 |
| URI: | https://oars.uos.ac.uk/id/eprint/3927 |
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