''The Sadist'' (German: "Der Sadist") is a book published by

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Karl Berg, following the confessions of

Peter Kürten Peter Kürten (; 26 May 1883 – 2 July 1931) was a German serial killer, known as "The Vampire of Düsseldorf" and the "Düsseldorf Monster", who committed a series of murders and sexual assaults between February and November 1929 in the city of ...

, a notorious

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known as both The Vampire of Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf Monster who committed a series of assaults and murders, primarily between 1929 and 1930. The book was originally written in

. The first

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edition was issued in 1938, by Acorn Press. A second edition was published by William Heinemann Medical Books in 1945.

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