Chaja Wogen, Serial Baby-Killer - Poland, 1903

FULL TEXT (translated from German): We are being reported from Warsaw: A few days ago a woman named Chaja Wogen was standing in front of the Lodz Criminal Court, who was busy taking care of newborn children and starving them out of the world. All the rooms of her apartment were filled with the skeletons of starved children. The criminal was sentenced to ten years of forced labor.

[“An Angel-maker in Court.” Deutsches Tagblatt Ostdeutsche Rundschau (Vienna, Austria), 31. Jänner 1903. p. 2]

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FULL TEXT: Aus Warschau meldet man uns: Vor dem Lodzcr Straf gericht stand dieser Tage eine Frauensperson namens Chaja Wogen, welche sich gewerbsmäßig damit beschäftigte, neugeborene Kinder in die Pflege zu nehmen und durch Verhungern ans der Welt zu schaffen. Alle Räumlichkeiten ihrer Wohnung waren mit den Skeletten verhungerter Kinder, vollgesüllt. Die Verbrecherin wurde zu zehn Jahren Zwangsarbcitverurteilt.

[“Eine Engelmacherin vor Gericht.” Deutsches Tagblatt Ostdeutsche Rundschau (Vienna, Austria), 31. Jänner 1903. p. 2]

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To learn more details about murderous child care providers in history, including baby farmers, adoption agents and baby sitters, see “Death on the Baby Farm,” by Robert St. Estephe, Female Serial Killer Index.

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For more cases of “Baby Farmers,” professional child care providers who murdered children see The Forgotten Serial Killers.

 

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