Friedrich Fink (police officer)

Memorial plaque for the killed police officers at the Munich residence

Friedrich Fink (born April 23, 1887 in Eschenau near Erlangen , † November 9, 1923 in Munich ) was a Bavarian police sergeant in the 2nd Police Hundred of the Bavarian State Police . He was killed by a shot in the head in front of the Munich residence during the Nazi Hitler putsch during an exchange of fire with the putschists .

biography

Fink served in the First World War , was released from the Bavarian Army as a deputy officer in 1919 and then joined the Bavarian State Police. On November 8, 1923, the Hitler putsch broke out . Since the putsch threatened to fail, Hitler wanted to get the population on his side with a march through Munich on November 9, 1923. The march began at the Bürgerbräukeller and was aimed at the military area command, the former Royal Bavarian War Ministry , at Ludwigstrasse 14. Ernst Röhm and his colleagues had holed up there since the day before . The second police force was supposed to stop the march and thus prevent the advance of the military area command. When they met, the putschists shot at the police, who returned fire. Fink and three of his comrades were fatally wounded during the exchange of fire. After the death of the Hundertschaftsführer Rudolf Schraut , a first lieutenant took command and ordered a second volley. Thereupon the demonstration broke up and the Hitler putsch was over.

Commemoration

Since 1994 a commemorative plaque of the city of Munich on Odeonsplatz has been commemorating him and his three dead comrades in the Bavarian State Police. The floor slab was later removed and replaced by a plaque on the facade of the Munich residence in 2010.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the website of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport; accessed on June 11, 2015.
2. ↑ Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv IV , war log roll No. 448