Karl Berg (doctor)
Karl Johann Theodor Berg , also Carol Berg , (born October 10, 1868 in Finkenwalde near Stettin , † July 9, 1936 ) was a German forensic doctor .
Life
Karl Berg, the fifth of the priest Ludwig Berg's 15 children, attended high school in Pyritz and studied at the Universities of Königsberg , Breslau , Leipzig and Berlin . In 1905 he was a court doctor in Essen and from 1906 in Düsseldorf. During the First World War he was used as a medical officer in Belgium, France, Russia and Serbia. Later he was forensic medical advisor in Düsseldorf.
Berg was an associate professor for forensic medicine at the Medical Academy in Düsseldorf .
He became known through the appraisal of the Düsseldorf serial killer Peter Kürten in the early 1930s. In the essay The Sadist , he later summarized his findings on Peter Kürten, which he had gained from discussions with the murderer and the analysis of forensic and forensic data. The case was Kuerten 1931 film original for the film M by Fritz Lang .
Publications
- The Sadist , in: Journal for the entire forensic medicine, 17th year 1931 (new edition: Karl Berg, Ernst Gennat, Alex Wehner, Michael Farin (eds.): The Sadist. Forensic and criminal psychology to the deeds of the Düsseldorf murderer Peter Kürten . Belleville, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-923646-12-7 ; review )
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Who is it? Our contemporaries . 10th edition 1935
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ "The Peter Kürten case - reopened" , Klaus Bartels, IASL December 14, 2004
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Berg, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berg, Karl Johann Theodor; Berg, Carol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German forensic doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Finkenwalde near Stettin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1936 |