Ernst Jäger

Jul 29, 20221 min read

Attempted murder on Bertastraße

On 2.2.1929 Apolonia Kühn was injured on her way home by Peter Kürten who attempted to murder her. It was very difficult to find the exact location as Bertastraße is so different today than it was back then. It is opposite Königsbusch.

In fact I found one building that might implicate where it happened as it looks from the same period. In the photos there is one I took of the house and one taken by the Düsseldorf police after the attempted murder.

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Scaffolding over Auferstehungskirche

Renovations are taking place

Kirmes out, the sheeps are back in

Crime scene of Änne Goldhausen

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August 12th 1929

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The original letters

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Attempted murder on Bertastraße

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Attempted murder on Bertastraße

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