Paul Ogorzow: Serial Killer Who Terrorized Berlin Trains in Nazi Germany

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · Apr 11, 2026 · 17m

Paul Ogorzow, known as the “S-Bahn Murderer,” was a serial killer who terrorized Berlin during Nazi Germany and was executed for his crimes in 1941. Paul Ogorzow, later known as the “S-Bahn Murderer,” lived a double life in Nazi Germany — one as a disciplined Reichsbahn employee and loyal Party member, and another as a violent predator stalking Berlin during the Second World War. Born in 1912 and raised in modest working-class surroundings, Ogorzow appeared to neighbors as a dedicated family man. Yet behind this façade grew impulses that would erupt into some of the most disturbing crimes…