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The Ringvereine (English: "Ring clubs", as members identified themselves by wearing a ring) were criminal gangs operating in late 19th- and early 20th-century Germany, notably the Weimar period. Ostensibly convicts associations formed in the 1890s to aid their reintegration to society, the Ringvereine became convenient fronts for illegal ...
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Rotwelsch (German: [ˈʁoːtvɛlʃ], "beggar's foreign (language)") or Gaunersprache (German: [ˈɡaʊnɐʃpʁaːxə] "crook's language") also Khokhmer Loshn (from Yiddish " חוכמער לשון", "tongue of the wise") [1] is a secret language, a cant or thieves' argot, spoken by groups (primarily marginalized groups) in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Bohemia.
The police identified 62 organized criminal gangs in Berlin, called Ringvereine. [8] The German public also became fascinated with reports of homicides, especially " lust murders " or Lustmord . Publishers met this demand with inexpensive criminal novels called Krimi , which like the film noir of the era (such as the classic M ), explored ...
The Ringvereine often carried romantic sounding names such as Immertreu ("Forever True"), Felsenfest ("Firm as a Rock"), Nordpiraten ("Northern Pirates"), and Apachenblut ("Apache Bloods") and completely dominated both racketeering, prostitution, and the illegal drug trade of Berlin.
The police identified 62 organized criminal gangs in Berlin, called Ringvereine. [48] The German public also became fascinated with reports of homicides, especially " lust murders " or Lustmord . Publishers met this demand with inexpensive criminal novels called Krimi , which like the film noir of the era (such as the classic M ), explored ...
M is a 1931 German mystery thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children, in his third screen role. Both Lang's first sound film and an early example of a procedural drama, [2] M centers on the efforts of both a city's police force and its criminal syndicates to apprehend a serial child-murderer.
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