Paul Ogorzow

Paul Ogorzow, born under the name Paul Saga, (1912-1941) was a German railway worker, Sturmabteilung member, rapist and serial killer active during the early years of World War II.

Early life
Paul Saga was born in September 1912 to farm worker Marie Saga. In 1924 when Saga was twelve he was adopted by a farmer named Johann Ogorzow. Paul later relocated to Nauen and took Ogorzow's surname as his own. He began work as a worker on Johann's farm and later in a foundry. At 18 he joined the Nazi Party and later the Sturmabteilung (SA), being promoted multiple times until he eventually became a Squad Leader. At 21 he became a platelayer for the German Imperial Railway and was once again promoted rapidly until he became an assistant signalman.

Marriage
In 1937 Ogorzow married a saleswoman named Gertrude Ziegelmann, with whom he had two children. His family moved into an apartment in Karlshorst and was often seen tending a cherry tree in his garden. His wife later accused him of domestic abuse at his trial, however this was never proven.

Crimes
In August 1939 Ogorzow embarked on a spree of violent attacks against women in his area, often knocking them out or threatening them before sexually assaulting them. For unknown reasons, he also tried to kill several of his victims without success, stabbing three women after his attack on them. He also failed to kill two other women after raping them and changed his modus operandi, with more success with time.

In October 1940 Ogorzow visited a woman named Gertrude Ditter in her home and stabbed her to death while wearing his uniform. He later killed seven more women, mostly by attacking them on-board the S-Bahn and beating or choking them before throwing them onto the tracks. Although the police were aware of his killing spree, Joseph Goebbels had banned any newspapers reporting on anything that might decrease morale.

Investigators gained Ogorzow's description from two people who he failed to kill and learned from his co-workers that he often missed work and made misogynistic comments and eventually arrested him and he confessed to all charges after the skull of one of his victims was found in his home, although he at first blamed a Jewish doctor. He was executed by guillotine in 1941.