In April 2005, a German court ordered a retrial after prosecutors appealed his sentence. The case attracted considerable media attention and led to a debate over whether Meiwes could be convicted at all given that Brandes had voluntarily and knowingly participated in the act. Meiwes was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison, although at his subsequent retrial he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The video is apparently so disturbing that many of those who saw it sought psychological counseling. Investigators searched his home and found body parts and the videotaped killing. Meiwes was arrested in December 2002, after apparently posting new advertisements for victims on the Internet. He ate the body over the next few months, storing parts in his deep freezer. Meiwes apparently gave him large quantities of alcohol and pain killers, and then killed him in a room that he had installed in his house for this purpose. Meiwes then sautéed the penis in a pan with salt, pepper and garlic.Īccording to journalists who saw the video (it has not been made public), Brandes may already have been too weakened from blood loss to actually eat his share of the penis. Brandes apparently tried to eat his share of his own penis rare, but could not because it was too tough and as he put it, “chewy”.
Brandes had insisted that Meiwes would bite his penis off, but this did not work, so Meiwes used at first a knife that turned out to be too blunt, and then a sharper knife to finally slice the penis off. Bernd Jürgen Armando Brandes replied to his posting, and they arranged to meet so Meiwes could kill and eat Brandes.Īs is known from a videotape the two made when they met in March 2001 in Meiwes’ home, Meiwes amputated Brandes’ penis and Meiwes and Brandes ate the penis together before Brandes was killed. Meiwes posted an advertisement on the Internet, looking for a willing victim. Biography:Īrmin Meiwes is a cannibalistic internet user who became known as the “Rotenburg Cannibal” or “Der Metzgermeister” (The Master Butcher). DUring life performances the band singer Till Lindemann act Meiwes when he holds a knife and cooks Flake Lorenz in a big pot usin a flamethrower. Teil meaning part or piece, and can also be used as slang for penis, which means the song would translate into my part or my penis.
The song Mein Teil by German band Rammstein was inspired by the case. Bernd Jürgen Armando Brandes replied to his posting, and they arranged to meet so Meiwes could kill and eat Brandes.ĭate of birth / dead: 1961 Germany / still alive Relation to Rammstein: Armin Meiwes (born 1961 in Germany) is a cannibalistic internet user who became known as the “Rotenburg Cannibal” or “Der Metzgermeister” (The Master Butcher).
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