Johann Eichhorn (serial killer)
Johann Eichhorn (October 8, 1906 – December 1, 1939), known as The Beast of Aubing (), was a German serial killer and rapist who raped at least 90 women in Munich from 1931 to 1939, killing at least five of them. Eichhorn was convicted of these crimes and executed, but his case was suppressed by the contemporary Nazi regime, possibly due to his membership. He had joined the Nazi Party in 1933. Early life Johann Eichhorn was born on October 8, 1906, in the district of Aubing, Munich. He was the oldest of eight children born to day laborers Johann and Magdalena Eichhorn, who lived modestly, but took good care of their children. After graduating from elementary school, he did an apprenticeship as a fitter and then got a job as a shunter at the Deutsche Reichsbahn. While he was considered helpful and reliable by his colleagues, Eichhorn would himself later state that he had a disturbed relationship with women, claiming that he felt no excitement when he was kissed and only began feeling pleasure when violence was involved. Crimes Eichhorn's assaults began in 1928, with his first two victims were believed to have been his two sisters. His modus