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85: The Confessions of Bruno Lüdke | Germany

Evidence Locker True Crime

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 23 February 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When the body of 51-year-old Frieda Rösner was discovered in the woods behind a hospital in Köpenick, Berlin in 1943, police arrested a local man, Bruno Lüdke. He was intellectually challenged and people who knew him were surprised when they learnt he had confessed. But it was only the tip of the iceberg… In the end, Lüdke confessed to 84 murders. He was sent to The National Socialist Criminal Medicine Central Institute of Security Police in Vienna, where he was subjected to countless medical experiments. However, many people believe he was coerced into falsely confessing to the murders. Was justice served?
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0:00.0

You are listening to the evidence locker.

0:08.0

Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.

0:12.0

It deals with true crimes and real people. Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones.

0:20.0

Berlin. January, 1943.

0:27.9

It was the height of World War II, and air raids continued to increase throughout the year.

0:35.0

Most residents had evacuation plans in place and case of bombing.

0:40.0

Additional shelters were built and there was a sense of panic and dread.

0:45.6

It was the fourth winter of wartime, and there was no way of telling when or how it all would end.

0:53.3

For the everyday German person, life was no song.

0:58.4

Life in neighborhoods like Copernic, south of Berlin, carried on as best as it could.

1:04.4

Average citizens tried to get by, keeping routines as normal as possible.

1:09.7

They witnessed Jewish people being taken to concentration camps and

1:13.4

violence and unfairness. It was best to keep one's head down to stay out of trouble.

1:20.3

If you had a job, you showed up and didn't complain. Food and clothing were rationed.

1:27.0

The average Aryan household had more generous rations than a Jewish neighbor. In a time of chaos, petty crimes increased, and the atmosphere seemed apocalyptic at times. Famous

1:39.6

landmarks and historic buildings were reduced to piles of rubble, dust.

1:45.0

Smoke blanketed the air.

1:47.4

On the 29th of January, 51-year-old Frida Rosner left home to go and collect firewood in the woods behind Aachenbach Hospital.

1:56.0

In 1943, the hospital was located in the heart of the forest.

2:02.0

It was a secluded place of healing and restoration, away from the turbulence

2:06.4

of war. Two days later, Frida was found only 450 yards from the hospital building.

2:14.4

She had been raped, strangled with her own shawl, and robbed.

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