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Armin Meiwes

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Armin Meiwes (German: [ˈmaɪvəs]; born 1 December 1961) is a German former computer repair technician who received international attention for murdering and eating a voluntary victim in 2001, whom he had found via the Internet. After Meiwes and the victim jointly attempted to eat the victim's severed penis, Meiwes murdered his victim and proceeded to eat a large amount of his flesh. He was arrested in December 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armin Meiwes has received more than 5,520,109 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Armin Meiwes is the 82nd most popular extremist (up from 88th in 2019), the 1,491st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,608th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Armin Meiwes ranks 82 out of 209. Before him are Robert-François Damiens, Carlo Gambino, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Oskar Gröning, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, and Johann Rattenhuber. After him are Gary Ridgway, Kang Kek Iew, Anders Behring Breivik, Pedro López, Harold Shipman, and Frank Nitti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Armin Meiwes ranks 46. Before him are Lisa Gerrard, Andoni Zubizarreta, Dmitry Muratov, Erwin Koeman, Wayne Gretzky, and Ralph Macchio. After him are Andy Lau, Enzo Francescoli, Macky Sall, Boy George, Ben Johnson, and Iain Glen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Armin Meiwes ranks 1,491 out of 6,142. Before him are Joos van Cleve (1485), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Paul Rée (1849), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), Johann Rattenhuber (1897), and Klaus Schulze (1947). After him are Arnold van Gennep (1873), Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835), Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808), Peter von Cornelius (1784), Marita Koch (1957), and Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Germany

Among extremists born in Germany, Armin Meiwes ranks 12. Before him are Fritz Haarmann (1879), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Willi Herold (1925), Oskar Gröning (1921), and Johann Rattenhuber (1897). After him are Brigitte Mohnhaupt (1949), Ernst Zündel (1939), and Irmgard Möller (1947).

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