Karl Ahrendt, * 1853 – † 1941

In 1907, the coachman Karl Ahrendt appeared in a general's coat on the Alexanderplatz in Berlin. A crowd gathered. He was admitted to a mental hospital as an »insane public danger« and spent 33 years in hospitals until he was murdered in the The T4 Murders on 18 March 1941.

Karl Ahrendt, Drawing from his medical records, undate
Karl Ahrendt, Drawing from his medical records, undate © Bundesarchiv Berlin, R179/5597
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