DIE UNSICHTBAREN

As one of the first women to join Hamburg‘s homicide squad in the 1990s, Marianne Atzeroth-Freier,almost single-handedly, convicted the “acid barrel murderer“, who went down in German history as one of the most horrific murder cases. During a court break in an abduction case, Marianne Atzeroth-Freier is approached by an older woman, whose daughter went missing. She feels obliged to help her. During her search for the missing daughter, she repeatedly encounters inconsistencies and resistance within the male driven police system. As she received no support from her colleagues or the head of her department, she was forced to investigate in her private time.

Through her meticulous way, her empathy and ability to listen to the relatives of the victims, Marianne Atzeroth-Freier was able to break through the dominance of cruelty. She was able to uncover the terrible deeds, finds the missing victims, giving certainty to the relatives and finally convicts the murderer Lutz R. Marianne Atzeroth-Freier never received recognition for this during her time in service.

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