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  2. List of German serial killers - Wikipedia

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    Known as "The Hammer-Killer of Frankfurt"; killed people with a hammer in Frankfurt city parks [12] Genipperteinga, Christman: 1568–1581 964 964 Executed 1581 Possibly fictitious bandit who kept a registry of all the people he had killed, tallying up to 964 [13] [14] Gossmann, Klaus: 1960–1965 7 7 Released 2015

  3. List of assassinations in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Killed in an explosion at Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh. 1570. James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland. James Hamilton. The first assassination carried out with a firearm. 1628. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Lord High Admiral /royal favourite. John Felton.

  4. List of Germans who resisted Nazism - Wikipedia

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    Wolfgang Abendroth's grave Alexander Abusch (1966) Anton Ackermann in Leipzig, May 1, 1950 Memorial in Berlin-Bohnsdorf for seven Bohnsdorfers killed resisting the Nazi govern­ment. The caption reads: Brought to death, yet see: we live. This list contains the names of individuals involved in the German resistance to Nazism, but is not a ...

  5. List of incidents of cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    After Karl Denke was arrested on 21 December 1924, German authorities found pieces of cured human flesh in his home, along with a list of more than 30 people he had previously killed and cannibalized. On 19 December 1926, fisherman Eli Kelly washed up on Santa Catalina Island (California) after being lost at sea for 11 days. He had partially ...

  6. List of the most common surnames in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The common names Schmidt and Schmitz lead in the central German-speaking and eastern Low German-speaking areas. Meyer is particularly common in the Low German-speaking regions, especially in Lower Saxony (where it is more common than Müller). Bauer leads in eastern Upper German-speaking Bavaria. Rarer names tend to accumulate in the north and ...

  7. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...

  8. List of assassinations - Wikipedia

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    Virgulino Ferreira da Silva "Lampião", leader bandit of Cangaço. Killed during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da Silva. 1938. Maria Gomes de Oliveira "Maria Bonita", bandit of Cangaço. José Panta de Godoy. Killed during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da Silva. 1964.

  9. List of victims of Nazism - Wikipedia

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    t. e. This is a list of victims of Nazism who were noted for their achievements. Many on the lists below were of Jewish and Polish origin, although Soviet POWs, Jehovah's Witnesses, Serbs, Catholics, Roma and dissidents were also murdered. This list includes people from public life who, owing to their origins, their political or religious ...