3165 executions: Germany's busiest executioner comes from Bavaria. The Bavarian executed 3,165 people throughout Germany and at times in Austria and Hungary.
He first carried out sentences for the Nazis - after the end of the war he hanged them. The man from Upper Palatinate defended his profession throughout his life. His son Hans committed suicide in 1950 and he kept himself afloat by breeding dogs and producing hair and perfume. After a temporary stay in a mental hospital, he finally died in a care facility in Dorfen.