Fritz Haarmann, historically known as the “Butcher of Hannover,” was a prolific German serial killer responsible for the sexual assault, dismemberment, and murder of at least 24 young men and boys between 1918 and 1924 in Hannover, Germany. Haarmann utilized his status as a police informant to target vulnerable transients around major transit stations.

Following a high-profile trial that exposed deep flaws within regional police tracking structures, Haarmann was sentenced to death by decapitation. He was held at Hannover Prison, where his execution sequence was executed on April 15, 1925.

Haarmann completely refused all traditional hot food entrees or heavy multi-course dinners, instead demanding two highly premium luxury items to consume during his final hours:

Prison administrators granted the request, sourcing the specialized foreign coffee beans and luxury cigar from local upscale boutique merchants. Haarmann processed the items with intense calmness, smoking the cigar deliberately down to its stub while drinking the coffee.

Criminologists evaluate this choice as a stark display of Haarmann’s fundamental narcissistic and unrepentant personality matrix. By prioritizing high-end sensory indulgences over actual food, Haarmann maintained an air of elegant superiority over his jailers up to the exact second the executioner’s guillotine was released.