Femizide: Warum Männer Frauen töten | ZDF True Crime

Women and girls repeatedly fall victim to deadly violence in which power, control, and possessiveness play a decisive role. Such acts are often referred to as femicides. Journalist Helene Reiner presents several such cases from the archives of "Aktenzeichen XY… Ungelöst" (Case File XY… Unsolved). She explores the question of why women in social relationships repeatedly become victims of violence. Among other cases, she examines the double murder of a mother and daughter that caused nationwide outrage in the 1970s. Find out why this brutal act occurred in this episode of "XY – Traces of Crime." #zdftruecrime #aktenzeichenxy #femicide #murder 00:00 Intro 00:36 1976 Offenburg "Case of Renate and Irma S." 07:57 2017 Travenbrück "Case of Ivonne R." 20:23 1982 Schleswig-Holstein "Case of Merle S." 29:18 2015 "Case of Hanna S." 29:18 "Hanna S." 38:52 Femicides from the Police Perspective 42:17 Outro Presented by Helene Reiner Writer Jasmin Lakatoš Speaker Christian Baumann Composition Jürgen Roth Camera Felix Janssen Thomas Morgott Julian Wolf Ivo Yordanov Editing Christopher Davidson Post-Production Eyes Up Media Makeup Anna Melmann Costume Design Maja Hofstetter Animation Saba Bussmann Set Design Gorden Wüst Production Manager Kira Reisel Production Supervisor Philip S. Kaiser ZDF Production Management Silvia Hamam Producers Ulrich Bentele René Carl ZDF Commissioning Editor Matthias Rode DKF Commissioning Editor Nicola Haenisch-Korus (Head) Tim Rascher Mario Thunert Sound Daniel Bawelski Director Andreas Ammer A Securitel Production commissioned by ZDF © 2026 ZDF