by the Wuppertal regional court (Landgericht Wuppertal). Initially, the sentence was upheld on appeal. However, in 1971, the Federal Court of Justice of Germany, returned the case to the Landgericht Düsseldorf, which reduced the sentence to 10 years of juvenile detention and had Bartsch placed under psychiatric care in Eickelborn. There, he married Gisela Deike of Hanover on January 2, 1974. Death The forensic psychiatrists considered various therapy concepts: psychotherapy, castration and even psychosurgery. Bartsch initially refused any surgery but finally agreed to voluntary castration on April 28, 1976 in order to avoid lifetime incarceration in a mental hospital. This was about ten years after incarceration, two years after his marriage, and after his depressive condition did not improve. The doctors of Eickelborn State Hospital chose a castration methodology that accidentally resulted in Bartsch's death. An official autopsy and investigation determined that Bartsch had been intoxicated with a halothane overdose (factor 10) due to a mistake during surgery. Victims March 31, 1962: Klaus Jung, 8 August 7, 1965: Peter Fuchs, 13 August 7, 1965: Ulrich Kahlweiss, 12 May 6, 1966: Manfred Grassmann, 12 June 18, 1966: Peter Frese, 15 (escaped) Influence The 2002 film Ein Leben lang kurze Hosen tragen (released in the U.S. in 2004, as The Child I Never Was) depicts Bartsch's life and crimes. Bartsch is referenced in Elfriede Jelinek's novel Die Kinder der Toten as someone who had no difficulty dismembering his victims. See also Anísio Ferreira de Sousa List of German serial killers References Alice Miller, Am Anfang war Erziehung (English title: For Your Own Good), Suhrkamp, 1983, Paul Moor, Jürgen Bartsch: Opfer und Täter, Rowohlt, 1991, 1946 births 1976 deaths 20th-century German criminals Accidental deaths in Germany Drug-related deaths in Germany Criminals from North Rhine-Westphalia German adoptees German murderers of children German people convicted of murder German rapists German serial killers Male serial killers Murder committed by minors People convicted of murder by Germany People from Essen Violence against men in Europe