Northern Italy and Germany. LUDWIG targeted prostitutes, homeless people, gay men and priests, and eventually crowds in cinemas and nightclubs, invoking a “purifying fire.” Only in 1991, following their final conviction, did the men behind
LUDWIG emerge: Wolfgang Abel and Marco Furlan, two young men from Verona’s upper class. Yet their conviction left crucial questions unanswered. What links them to far-right circles in Italy? And were they truly acting alone?