October 14, 1891 - Hubert Pilčík
Pilčík operated in the fractured postwar landscape of Central Europe, where the new ideological borders created both desperate refugees and those willing to exploit them. What began as smuggling people across the Czechoslovak frontier into West Germany turned lethal, as he murdered a number of those who had paid for his help. His case illustrates how the upheaval following the Second World War — the displacement, the secrecy, the absence of oversight — could provide cover for violence against the most vulnerable travelers.
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Hubert Pilčík (14 October 1891 – 9 September 1951) was a Czech serial killer. After the Second World War, Pilčík started smuggling people across the border from Czechoslovakia into West Germany. He started killing his customers in 1948, when he was in his fifties. After his capture, Pilčík killed himself in a prison in Plzeň. He was accused of five murders, although the exact number of his victims is unknown. It is possible he killed tens of people.
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