Ernst Diekmann

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Ernst Diekmann (born November 1, 1924 in Bremen ; † January 9, 2020 in Bremen) was police chief in Bremen from 1976 to 1989 . He was also president of the Bremen regional association of the German Red Cross and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit .

biography

Diekmann joined the Wehrmacht in 1942 at the age of 18 . After the end of his captivity, he became a police officer in 1946 .

During his service he worked as a teacher at the state police school and worked from 1971 to 1973 as a government advisor and head of a police expert group on behalf of the German Ministry of the Interior and Development Aid in Afghanistan . The coup by Mohammed Daoud Khan on July 17, 1973 and the abdication of King Zahir Shah on August 24, 1973 ended the stay. After his return to Bremen, Diekmann became head of the state police school.

In March 1976 Diekmann succeeded Police President Erich von Bock and Polach, who had been overthrown in the so-called "tape affair" . As soon as he took office, he declared that he would step into every faux pas that had to be entered in order to give the citizens of Bremen security and order.

On 6 May 1980, the left Bundeswehr 1,200 recruits in the Weserstadion take their solemn vows. The event, which was intended as a festive event on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of NATO accession, provoked counter-demonstrations from left and pacifist groups, which escalated into street battles with the police. A total of around 8,000 demonstrators turned up, around 250 police officers were injured, and the damage to property was also considerable.

In Bremen district center briefly established a month later, a small group of about 30-50 squatters initially a tent camp and later on the President Kennedy Place a fixed cabin of logs with grass roof as a message "of the Free Republic of Wendland ". The Senate waived the removal. A tolerance agreement was negotiated with the city of Bremen so that the group could stay there for about a year. Diekmann urged Interior Senator Fröhlich and the deputation to deal with the unease of the police . Fröhlich asked him to write down his criticism.

Diekmann complied with this request. He stated that the police could not do their job and that politicians were jointly responsible for it. Contracts with opponents of nuclear power and squatters made lawbreakers acceptable and the attempt to enforce the law a farce. At the university there are “nature reserves for at least verbal radicalism.” The development of the terrorism sympathizers scene gives cause for concern. Citizens' groups independently regulated the traffic in their living area. There is a lot of freedom that would be sacrosanct for the police. The officials are demotivated and frustrated; 15 percent of them are "zero workers".

The paper was made public before the internal deputation was referred to it. Interior Senator Fröhlich had to break off his vacation and return to Bremen after the opposition in the Bremen citizenship had demanded his resignation. The criticism did not have any serious consequences for Diekmann: it was only one reprimand. However, the police union criticized the police chief and was particularly offended by his "zero worker statement."

When there was a large demonstration of 5,000 police officers from all over Germany in Bremen in mid-1984, Diekmann resigned from the union to which he had been a member for 36 years. He stated that he felt "neither personally nor in the function of the GdP", as he said. His "relationship with the GdP had been tense" since 1980.

Diekmann retired in 1989. During his time as police chief, he had already volunteered for the German Red Cross. After his retirement in 1990 he took over the office of President of the Bremen regional association, which he held until 1996. For this commitment he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Diekmann last lived in the foundation residence Ichon-Park in Bremen- Oberneuland . He died on January 9, 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Former Bremen police chief Ernst Diekmann is dead , Weser Kurier, January 10, 2020, page 9, accessed on January 14, 2020
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Citizen.Police. Bremen police 1945 to today (PDF file)
  3. ^ Zoff at the "Great Zapfenstreich". In: einestages.spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , accessed December 6, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Weser-Kurier on June 16, 1980: "« Bretterbudenstaat »now at Kennedy-Platz"
  5. ↑ A President and the Dog Dung in: Die Zeit , July 25, 1980, accessed online January 15, 2020
  6. ↑ Der Spiegel 25/1984 , accessed online on January 14, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Diekmann, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German policeman and chief of police in Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2020
Place of death Bremen