The Cologne School Massacre occurred in a Catholic elementary school in Cologne, Germany on the 11th June, 1964. 42 year old Walter Seifert killed 8 students and 2 teachers and then eventually himself. The article about perfume can be found at Eau de Cologne. ... On June 11, 1964 Walter Seifert attacked a Catholic elementary school in Cologne, Germany Seifert reportedly fell apart when his wife died in childbirth several years before the event, his tuberculosis worsened and he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. ...

The Perpetrator

Walter Seifert apparently had a breakdown when his wife died in child birth several years before the massacre. He was reported to feel cheated by the government and claimed they were trying to avoid giving him his war pension for his service in World War 2 German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

Weapons

• A home-made flamethrower constructed from a garden sprayer
• A long lance

The Massacre

On June 11, Seifert took the flame-thrower and lance and entered the schoolyard. After blocking off the main gate, he pointed his flamethrower through a classroom window, setting the classroom - and many of its inhabitants - on fire. He was then confronted by a teacher, Gertrud Bollenrath, whom he stabbed with the lance. Apparently throughout the attack he screamed "I am Adolf Hitler the Second!" (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ...

After he left the schoolyard, he swallowed a poisonous insectide in hopes of committing suicide before police could catch him. He was soon apprehended by police, but died in hospital the next day, thus committing suicide. Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ...

Victims

Teachers:

• Gertrud Bollenrath, 62
• Ursula Kuhr, 24

Students:

• Dorothea Binner
• Renate Fühlen
• Ingeborg Hahn
• Ruth Hoffmann
• Klara Kröger
• Stephan Lischka
• Karin Reinhold
• Rosel Röhrig

Notes

• Both teachers who died each had a school named after them.
• Anna Langohr, one of the surviving teachers, was presented with the Medal Cross from Pope Paul VI as well as other decorations from the city.