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Marianne Bachmeier (3 June 1950 – 17 September 1996) was a West German woman who shot and killed Klaus Grabowski, a man on trial for the rape and murder of her daughter Anna, in an act of vigilantism in the District Court of Lübeck in 1981. The case sparked extensive media coverage and public debate. As a result, Bachmeier was convicted of manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm. She was sentenced to six years and released on probation after serving three. Bachmeier moved abroad before returning to Germany after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She died at the age of 46 and was buried next to her seven-year-old daughter, Anna, in Burgtor Cemetery, Lübeck. Youth and family Marianne Bachmeier was born on 3 June 1950. She grew up in Sarstedt, a small town near Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, West Germany, where her parents had fled from East Prussia after the Second World War. Bachmeier was raised in a conservative home with devoutly religious parents. Her father, previously a member of the Waffen-SS, was the stereotypical authoritarian figure, a heavy drinker who spent much of his time at a bar close to the family home. Their household was not pleasant, and drinking made her father more aggressive. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried. Bachmeier was perceived as a troubled adolescent by—what she described as—a dictatorial stepfather, and her mother eventually kicked her out of the house. In 1966, aged 16, Bachmeier had her first child, whom she placed for adoption as an infant. She became pregnant again at the age of 18 by her boyfriend. Bachmeier was raped shortly before the birth of her second child. Her second child was also placed for adoption as an infant. Bachmeier began dating the manager of Tipasa, a pub where they both worked, in 1972. She became pregnant for the third time at the age of 22. On 14 November 1972, Bachmeier's third child, Anna, was born, and she raised her alone. As a result, Bachmeier took Anna to work at the pub, and she was said to never feel a need to rush home after her regular hours behind the bar. In two 1984 documentary films, No Time for Tears: The Bachmeier Case and Anna's Mother, Bachmeier was portrayed as a single mother who worked well into the night and then slept into the day, leaving her seven-year-old daughter on her own during the day. Bachmeier was aware of her problematic lifestyle and wanted to put Anna up for adoption. Friends later said that she treated Anna like a little adult, and from a young age, expected her to take care of many things on her own. Anna frequently slept in the bar as her mother partied. According to a friend of Bachmeier, Anna was a vibrant youngster who never truly had a pleasant family life. Murder of her daughter On 5 May 1980, when Anna was seven years old, she had an argument with her mother and decided to skip school. On this day she was abducted by Klaus Grabowski, a 35-year-old butcher, whose home she had visited before to play with his cats. He held Anna for several hours at his home, sexually assaulted her and ultimately strangled her with a pair of his fiancée's tights. According to the prosecutor, he then tied the girl up and packed her into a box, which he left on the shore of a canal. Grabowski's fiancée then turned him in to the police. Grabowski was a convicted sex offender and had previously been sentenced for the sexual abuse of two girls. In 1976, he voluntarily submitted to chemical castration, though it was later revealed that he subsequently underwent hormone treatment to try to reverse the castration. Once arrested, Grabowski stated that Anna had sought to extort money from him by threatening to tell her mother about the abuse. He said his fear of going back to prison prompted him to kill her. Vigilante justice in the courtroom On 6 March 1981, the third day of the trial and around 10 a.m, Bachmeier smuggled a Beretta 70 into the courtroom of Lübeck District Court, room 157, and fatally shot Grabowski. She aimed the gun at his back and fired seven times; six shots hit Grabowski, who was killed almost instantly. Bachmeier then lowered her gun and was apprehended without resistance. Public reaction The incident is one of the most well-known cases of vigilante justice in West German history. It sparked extensive media coverage; television crews from around the country and overseas travelled to Lübeck to report on the case. Bachmeier sold her life story for about 100,000 Deutsche Marks to the news magazine Stern. With the fee, she covered her legal costs. While Bachmeier was held in custody, many sent messages of support, gifts, and flowers to indicate their understanding of her conduct. Nonetheless, some still believed that a constitutional state should not condone vigilante justice. In addition, after Stern published her life story, and details about how she allowed her first two children to be adopted by loving families, public opinion shifted as she no longer appeared to fit the "innocent mother" image. Nonetheless, numerous individuals openly demonstrated their compassion for the retaliatory action. The West German judiciary was criticized by many for enabling a man who had sexually abused two girls to use hormones in order to regain his libido. Sentence for manslaughter On 2 November 1982, Bachmeier was initially charged in court with murder. Later the prosecution dropped the murder charge. After 28 days of negotiations, the board agreed on the verdict. Four months after the opening of proceedings, she was convicted on 2 March 1983 by the Circuit Court Chamber of the District Court of Lübeck for manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm. The defense's argument that the act was not premeditated was mostly upheld by the court. She was sentenced to six years in prison but was released after serving three. Moving abroad Bachmeier married a teacher in 1985. Three years later, they moved to Lagos in Nigeria and lived in a German camp where her husband taught at a German school. They divorced in 1990. After relocating to Sicily, Bachmeier was employed as an aide in a hospice in Palermo. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Sicily and then returned to Germany. Subsequent public coverage In 1994, thirteen years after the shooting, Bachmeier gave an interview to the Deutschlandfunk radio station. The same year, her autobiography appeared with the German publisher Schneekluth-Verlag. On 21 September 1995, she appeared on the television talk show Fliege on Das Erste, where she admitted to shooting Grabowski after careful consideration to enforce the law on him, and to prevent him from further spreading lies about Anna. In an ARD documentary from 2006, a former friend also said that Bachmeier rehearsed the shooting in the basement under Tipasa after Anna's murder. Bachmeier never expressed remorse for her act of vengeance. Death Before her death, Bachmeier asked reporter Lukas Maria Böhmer of the broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk to .... Discover the Maria Stern Ann E Towns popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Maria Stern Ann E Towns books.
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