Erich von Bock and Polach

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Erich Kurt Albert von Bock and Polach (born October 13, 1911 in Hamburg , † March 2, 1979 in Bremen ) was a German officer and chief of police in the Bremen police force .

biography

Von Bock and Polach came from the Meissen noble family Bock and Polach and was the second eldest son of Kurt von Bock and Polach and Bertha Hirsch. From 1931 he was trained with the Hamburg police . In 1935 he became a police lieutenant in the Hamburg state police and at the same time took over as a lieutenant in the Wehrmacht . In 1936 he became a first lieutenant. Before and during World War II he was first a company commander, then a captain in 1940 and, after completing general staff training, Major i in 1942 . G. as well as general staff officer (Ia) in various divisions .

In 1943 he was lieutenant colonel i. G. on the General Staff. On September 1, 1943 he was promoted to Colonel i. G. promoted. From October 1944 to February 1945 he served as a member of the Waffen SS in the “Nordland” division and at the end of the war in April 1945 he had the rank of SS standard leader .

After his release from the prisoner-of-war camp, he made a living in agriculture from 1946, then as an insurance agent and then with activities for a publishing house in Hanover. From 1945 to 1951, the police headed Bremen , a chief of police . In 1951 the order, criminal and administrative police (city office) were merged. Von Bock und Polach - member of the SPD since the 1950s - succeeded the Chief Police Director Franz Noch (SPD) in May 1951 with the new title of Police President. Despite his membership in the SPD, his administration of office was contested several times from various sides. Around 1954/55 he was a member of the security committee of the federal executive committee of the SPD chaired by Fritz Erler .

In 1960 he had difficulties because of an alleged acceptance of rental cars from Mercedes-Benz. From March 1960 to October 1961 he had to let his official business rest. In 1960 he was acquitted in a bribery trial, but sentenced to a three-year salary cut in disciplinary proceedings .

In 1968, his behavior during the Bremen tram riots from January 15th to 22nd was under criticism and sharp protest. What began as a peaceful school demonstration against an increase in the price of the tram from 60 to 70 pfennigs, escalated into a mass uprising after brutal police violence. On January 17th, 3,000 to 5,000 demonstrators took part in the afternoon hours. The police should vacate Domsheide square and end the occupation of the tram tracks. Bock and Polach gave the motto: "Hit it, hit it, pursue it!" The violence and the unrest escalated. Only after Mayor Annemarie Mevissen (SPD) announced her willingness to compromise in a speech on the Domsheide, days later, the student protest could be settled peacefully and without increasing the fare. The Independent Students Federation (USB) called on 22 January 1968 with the Hermann Rademann unsuccessfully the dismissal of the chief of police.

In 1971 there was a conflict with Senate Director Waldemar Klischies (SPD), at that time deputy of the Interior Senator Franz Löbert (SPD). Klischies has been retired because of these and other matters.

In 1975 proceedings for betrayal of secrets were opened against Bock and Polach. In a circular, the conservative journalist Joachim Siegerist (CDU) published information from a recording of a confidential telephone conversation with Erich von Bock and Polach and passed it on to the local CDU. The winner was then excluded from the journalists' association. Von Bock and Polach was suspended from duty. By leaving the SPD, he anticipated a party exclusion process. An investigation committee of the Bremen citizenship did not come to a clear result. At the end of 1975, however, he was put into temporary retirement . The civil law proceedings in this context did not come to an end until 1977 when the proceedings were closed. In 1976, Ernst Diekmann took over as police chief .

Bock and Polach's son Hans-Georg von Bock and Polach (* 1942) was a senior public prosecutor , advisor at the judicial press office and, from 1995 to 1997, Bremen State Councilor for the Bremen Interior Senator Ralf Borttscheller (CDU).

literature

Web links

  • Big buzz . In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 1975, pp. 31-33 ( Online - Aug. 25, 1975 ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tooth for tooth . In: Der Spiegel . No. 38 , 1956, pp. 16-18 ( online - 19 September 1956 ).
  2. ^ Obituary from SS-Standartenführer Erich von Bock and Polach in Der Freiwillige , May 1979 edition
  3. ↑ Borrowed Stars . In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 1960, p. 34-35 ( Online - Mar. 23, 1960 ).
  4. ↑ Yearbook of the SPD 1954/55, p. 188
  5. ^ A b Black Forest: The Great Bremen Lexicon p. 86
  6. ↑ Great Trench . In: Der Spiegel . No. 4 , 1968, p. 28-29 ( online - 22 January 1968 ).
  7. ↑ Doller Brummer . In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 1975, pp. 31-33 ( Online - Aug. 25, 1975 ).
  8. ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 20, 1977
  9. ^ Lies, lies, lies . In: Der Spiegel . No. 28 , 1986, pp. 36-39 ( Online - July 7, 1986 ).
personal data
SURNAME Bock and Polach, Erich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bock and Polach, Erich Kurt Albert von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and chief of police in Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 2nd 1979
Place of death Bremen