Wolfgang Schmidt (serial killer)

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Wolfgang Schmidt (born October 5, 1966 in Lehnin , GDR ) is the maiden name of a German serial killer . He was also known as the Pink Riese , Beelitz Murderer,   or Beelitz's Bestie , due to tabloid press reports   .

Deeds

Crime scenes

Wolfgang Schmidt committed his first murder at the age of 23. At that time he was doing basic military service for the 20th  People's Police in Potsdam . Schmidt committed a total of six murders and three attempted murders between 1989 and 1991. Most of his victims, whom he also sexually abused, were female and between 34 and 66 years old. He also killed an infant .

The acts charged against him:

  • October 24, 1989: Rape and murder of a 51-year-old woman in Deetz
  • May 24, 1990: Rape and murder of a 45-year-old woman in Ferch
  • June 9, 1990: Assault on a woman in Wust ; the victim survived seriously injured
  • March 13, 1991: Rape and murder of a 34-year-old woman in Neuendorf
  • March 22, 1991: Double murder of a 34-year-old woman and her 3-month-old baby in Beelitz
  • April 6, 1991: Assault with a knife on two 13-year-old girls in Sputendorf who survived seriously injured
  • April 6, 1991: murder of a 66-year-old woman in Fichtenwalde

Arrest and conviction

In August 1991, Wolfgang Schmidt was arrested and sentenced in 1992 to a prison term of 15 years, which he served in the JVA Brandenburg , with subsequent placement in the penal system in Brandenburg / Havel . Because of his alleged fetish for pink women's lingerie and his height, Schmidt was dubbed a pink giant in the media . Since Schmidt committed the act most noticed in the media - the double murder - near the town of Beelitz , he was also referred to as the Beelitz murderer and the Beelitz beast .

Transsexuality

According to his own statement as well as numerous press reports on his transsexuality , Schmidt applied in court to change his first name and to correct the gender assignment under civil status law. The court granted the request for a name change in 2001.

Adaptations

In addition to numerous television documentaries, Schmidt's serial murders were also the subject of a play . Anna Langhoff wrote the play Schmidt Germany - Der Rosa Riese for the Berliner Ensemble on behalf of Heiner Müller . The case served Rosa von Praunheim as a stimulus for a theater workshop with young people in Brandenburg an der Havel . This resulted in his 2008 film Der rosa Riese with Charly Hübner in the title role.

literature

  • Rolf Pohl: The enemy of women: male sexuality, violence and the defense of the feminine . Offizin, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-930345-36-6 .
  • Michael Newton (Author), Jaques Buval (Ed.): The Great Encyclopedia of Serial Killers . Collector, Graz 2002 (2nd edition), ISBN 3-85365-189-5 .
  • Hendrik Werner: In the name of treason: Heiner Müller's memory of texts (=  epistemata / series literary studies: series literary studies , vol. 345). Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 3-8260-1967-9 .
  • Birgit Haas: Modern German Political Drama, 1980–2000 . Camden House, Rochester (NY) 2003, ISBN 1-57113-285-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Rolf Pohl: Enemy woman . Pp. 357-360.
  2. ↑ Jens Blankennagel: "Rosa Riese" has an exit in the clinic. In: berliner-zeitung.de . July 16, 2013, accessed May 24, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b c M. Newton, J. Buval: The great encyclopedia of serial killers . Pp. 347-349.
  4. ↑ Nevertheless, Wolfgang Schmidt was not caught for a long time: The Beelitz murderer looked very much like his picture. In: berliner-zeitung.de . July 21, 1995, accessed May 24, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Hendrik Werner: In the name of treason . P. 144.
  6. ^ Birgit Haas: Modern German Political Drama . P. 141.
  7. ↑ Rosa von Praunheim: Pink giant. Retrieved July 24, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Beate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German serial killer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Lehnin , GDR