Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany || Neckarau

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Merrick began to develop swellings on his lips at the age of 21 months followed by a bony lump on his forehead and a loosening and roughening of the skin. The Merrick family explained his symptoms as the result of his mother Mary Jane Potterton being knocked over and frightened by a fairground elephant while she was pregnant with Joseph.
(5 August 1860)

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Neckarau, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Thursday 17th of April 1975 (x) — Victim of Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder Lillian Dresch is attacked by Bernd Bopp aka Der Hammermörder.
Dresch was Bopp's first victim. He stabbed her in the throat but her screams alerted the neighbourhood and he ran off. Dresch survived.