Famous Serial Killers — Fritz Honka
In my novels, I write about serial killers. Sometimes I get inspired by real killers. I’m writing about them here. Today it’s about the serial killer Fritz Honka, who found his victims in the red light district of Hamburg.
Path of Life
Friedrich Paul Honka was born in the East German city of Leipzig in 1935 and had six siblings. Three other siblings died in childbirth, which was not unusual at the time.
His father was a carpenter by profession, and his mother worked as a cleaning lady. His father died as early as 1946, due to excessive alcohol consumption and the consequences of his concentration camp imprisonment.
Fritz Honka’s father is said to have been imprisoned by the Nazis because of his closeness to the Communist Party.
After the death of the father, the mother was left on her own and had to raise the seven children alone. However, she was utterly overwhelmed by this.
Fritz Honka’s first attempt to take care of himself failed when he had to abandon his apprenticeship as a Moor, which he had begun in 1950, due to an allergy. Thereupon he went to West Germany one year later to start a new life…
