Editing Fritz Haarmann (section)

==Subsequent murders==
===1923===
Haarmann's subsequent victims largely consisted of young male commuters, runaways, and, occasionally, [[Male prostitution|male prostitutes]], whom he would typically encounter in or around Hanover's central railway station. The second murder Haarmann is known to have committed occurred on 12 February 1923. The victim was a 17-year-old pianist named Fritz Franke, whom Haarmann encountered at Hanover Central Station and invited to his Neue Straße residence, where he introduced the youth to Hans Grans and two female acquaintances (one of whom was Grans' female lover). According to Grans' lover, that evening, Grans whispered in her ear: "Hey! He's going to be trampled on today."<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} pp. 83–84</ref> The following day, both these acquaintances returned to Haarmann's apartment, where they were informed by Haarmann that Franke had travelled to [[Hamburg]].<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} p. 84</ref> Speculation remains as to Grans' knowledge of Haarmann's intentions towards Franke when he made this comment to the two female acquaintances. According to Haarmann, following this murder, Grans arrived unannounced at his apartment, where he observed Franke's nude body lying upon Haarmann's bed. Grans had then simply looked at him and asked, "When shall I come back again?"<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} p. 85</ref>

Five weeks after the murder of Franke, on 20 March, Haarmann encountered a 17-year-old commuter named Wilhelm Schulze at Hanover station.<ref name="Monsters of Weimar p. 86"/> Schulze had been travelling to work when he encountered Haarmann. No human remains identified as belonging to Schulze were ever found, although most of his clothing was in the possession of Haarmann's [[landlady]], Elisabeth Engel, at the time of his arrest. Two more victims are known to have been murdered at 8 Neue Straße before Haarmann vacated the apartment in June: 16-year-old Roland Huch, who disappeared on 23 May after informing a close friend he intended to run away from home and join the [[Marines#Germany|Marines]]; and 19-year-old Hans Sonnenfeld, who disappeared on or about 31 May and whose distinctive yellow overcoat Haarmann is known to have worn after the youth's murder.<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} pp. 87–88</ref>
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00882, Hannover, Prozeß gegen Friedrich Haarmann.jpg|right|thumb|Police photo of Haarmann's attic room at 2 Rote Reihe, Hanover]]

On 9 June 1923, Haarmann moved into a single-room attic apartment at 2 Rote Reihe. Two weeks after moving into this address, on 25 June, Ernst Ehrenberg, the 13-year-old son of Haarmann's neighbour, disappeared while running an errand for his father. His school cap and [[Suspenders|braces]] would be found in Haarmann's apartment following his arrest.<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} p. 89</ref> Two months later, on 24 August, an 18-year-old office clerk named Heinrich Struß was reported missing by his aunt (with whom he lived). Many of Struß's belongings would also be found in Haarmann's apartment. Struß's murder would be followed one month later by the murder of a 17-year-old named Paul Bronischewski,<ref>Cannibalism: The Last Taboo! {{ISBN|1-859-58495-0}} p. 114</ref> who disappeared en route to the city of [[Bochum]], having worked with his uncle in [[Saxony-Anhalt]] throughout the summer. Subsequent police enquiries suggested Bronischewski had likely alighted the train at Hanover, where he evidently encountered Haarmann. Bronischewski's jacket, knapsack, trousers, and towel would all be found in the possession of Haarmann following his arrest.<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} p. 91</ref>

Haarmann is next known to have killed on or about 30 September 1923. The victim was 17-year-old Richard Gräf, who last informed his family he had met an individual at Hanover station who "knows of a good job for me." Two weeks later, on 12 October, a 16-year-old [[Gehrden]] youth named Wilhelm Erdner failed to return home from work. Subsequent enquiries by Erdner's parents revealed the youth became acquainted with a "Detective Fritz Honnerbrock" (a [[pseudonym]] used by Haarmann) shortly before his disappearance. Both Haarmann and Grans subsequently sold Erdner's bicycle on 20 October. Within a week of having sold this bicycle, Haarmann killed two further victims: 15-year-old Hermann Wolf, who disappeared from Hanover station on 24 October, and 13-year-old Heinz Brinkmann, who was seen by a witness standing in the entrance to Hanover station at 11:00&nbsp;p.m. on 27 October, having missed his train home to the town of [[Clausthal-Zellerfeld|Clausthal]].{{refn|group=n|Haarmann would deny having killed Hermann Wolf at his trial, and was acquitted of this murder.}}
[[File:Adolf Hannapel Fritz Haarmann November 10 1923.jpg|upright=0.70|right|thumb|Adolf Hannappel]]
 	
On 10 November 1923, a 17-year-old apprentice carpenter from the city of [[Düsseldorf]] named Adolf Hannappel disappeared from Hanover station. He was seen by several witnesses sitting upon a [[Trunk (luggage)|trunk]] in the waiting room. These witnesses also positively identified Hans Grans—in the company of Haarmann—pointing towards the youth, who shortly thereafter was observed walking towards a café in the company of these two men. One month later, on 6 December, 19-year-old Adolf Hennies disappeared. He had been seeking employment at the time of his disappearance. None of the human remains recovered were identified as belonging to Hennies, whom Haarmann specifically admitted to dismembering, but denied killing. In subsequent court testimony vehemently disputed by Grans, Haarmann claimed he returned home to find Hennies's body—missing his signature "love bite"—lying naked on his bed, with Grans and another criminal acquaintance named Hugo Wittkowski stating the youth was, "One of yours." (Neither Haarmann nor Grans were convicted of Hennies's murder due to conflicting testimony.<ref>Cannibalism: The Last Taboo! {{ISBN|1-859-58495-0}} pp. 114–15</ref>)

===1924===
The first victim killed by Haarmann in 1924 was 17-year-old Ernst Spiecker, who disappeared on 5 January. Although subsequent trial testimony from a friend of Spiecker indicated Haarmann had become acquainted with this youth before his murder, Haarmann stated he would simply have to "assume" this youth was one of his victims due to all his personal possessions being found in his or Grans' possession following his arrest.<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} p. 103</ref> Ten days later, Haarmann killed a 20-year-old named Heinrich Koch, whom he is also believed to have been acquainted with prior to the youth's murder. The following month, Haarmann is known to have killed two further victims: 19-year-old Willi Senger, who disappeared from the suburb of Linden-Limmer on 2 February, having informed his sister he was to travel with a friend; and 16-year-old Hermann Speichert, who was last seen by his sister on 8 February.<ref name=Taboo>Cannibalism: The Last Taboo! {{ISBN|1-859-58495-0}} p. 115</ref>

Haarmann is not known to have killed again until on or about 1 April, when he is believed to have killed an acquaintance named Hermann Bock. Although cleared of this murder at his trial, Haarmann possessed Bock's clothing when arrested, and he is known to have given the youth's suitcase to his landlady; moreover, Haarmann is known to have actively dissuaded several of Bock's acquaintances from reporting the youth missing. One week later, on 8 April, 16-year-old Alfred Hogrefe disappeared from Hanover station, having run away from home in the town of [[Lehrte]] on 2 April. Hogrefe's murder would be followed 9 days later by that of a 16-year-old apprentice named Wilhelm Apel, whom Haarmann encountered on his "patrols" of [[Hannover-Leinhausen station|Hanover-Leinhausen station]].<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} p. 112</ref>

On 26 April, 18-year-old Robert Witzel disappeared after borrowing 50 [[pfennig]]s from his mother, explaining he intended to visit a travelling circus. Enquiries by the youth's parents revealed their son had accompanied an "official from the railway station" to the circus. Haarmann himself would later state he killed Witzel the same evening and, having dismembered the youth's body, had thrown the remains into the Leine River.<ref name=Taboo />

Two weeks after the murder of Witzel, Haarmann killed a 14-year-old named Heinz Martin, who was last seen by his mother on 9 May and who is believed to have been abducted from Hanover station. All his clothing was later found in Haarmann's apartment. Less than three weeks later, on 26 May, a 17-year-old travelling salesman from the town of [[Kassel]] named Fritz Wittig, whom Haarmann would later state he killed upon the insistence of Grans as he had worn a "good new suit" Grans coveted,<ref name="AAAAIBAJ 2714">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2293&dat=19241207&id=aswmAAAAIBAJ&pg=2714,6321349|title=The Sunday Morning Star |via= Google News Archive Search|access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref> was dismembered and discarded in the Leine River. The same day Wittig is believed to have been killed, Haarmann killed his youngest known victim, 10-year-old Friedrich Abeling, who disappeared while truant from school. His murder would be followed less than two weeks later by that of 16-year-old Friedrich Koch, who was approached by Haarmann on 5 June as he walked to college. Two acquaintances of Koch would later testify at Haarmann's trial that, as they walked with Koch to college, Haarmann approached Koch, tapped the youth on the boot with his walking stick and stated: "Well, boy, don't you recognize me?"<ref>Monsters of Weimar {{ISBN|1-897743-10-6}} p. 123</ref>

Haarmann killed his final victim, 17-year-old Erich de Vries, on 14 June 1924. De Vries encountered Haarmann at Hanover station. His dismembered body would later be found in a lake located near the entrance to the Herrenhausen Gardens. Haarmann would confess it had taken him four separate trips to carry de Vries's dismembered remains—carried in the leather bag which had belonged to Friedrich Koch—to the location where he had disposed of them.<ref name="ReferenceJ"/>