Friedrich Jansen (Meldorf)

Friedrich Jansen (born September 5, 1883 in Krempel near Lunden ; † May 15, 1945 in Meldorf ) was a German wine merchant. Jansen was shot by the mayor on May 11, 1945 while trying to achieve the official duties of the still incumbent NSDAP mayor. He died in hospital four days later. This case achieved particular fame because it took place after Germany's unconditional surrender .

Life

Friedrich Jansen was born in Krempel in 1883. As a trained cellar master , he took over the wine shop at Südermarkt 2 in Meldorf in 1909. He was a respected citizen of the city. From 1929 to 1938 he was a member of the board of the Meldorfer Stadtsparkasse.

On May 11, 1945, men from all political camps met in his wine shop to discuss the future of Meldorf. It was decided to visit the still incumbent NSDAP mayor Ferdinand Diekmann to persuade him to resign voluntarily. They met Diekmann in the garden behind the town hall in front of the cellar entrance. Jansen started the negotiations in Low German : "Ferdinand, wi much mol mit di snacken!" The mayor took the time so that Jansen could go further: "Listen, Ferdinand, we have been instructed to ask you to resign from your mayor's post." Diekmann replied indignantly: "You traitors! Rogues!", Pulled out a pistol and knocked Jansen down with two shots.

The head of the city watch, Heinrich Kammrath, was informed, immediately picked up his carbine and ran into the garden. There he found not only the dying Jansen, who was still trying with the last of his strength to drag himself away, but also the mayor, who immediately opened fire on him. Kammrath then killed Diekmann with a head shot.

The seriously wounded Jansen was taken to the Meldorfer hospital, but the doctors could no longer save him. After four days, he succumbed to his injuries. On the evening of May 11, 1945, the British arrested 22 leading Meldorfer Nazis. Jansen was buried with a large funeral service on May 19th. Jansen's son Hans ran the wine shop until 1978.

Legal aftermath

The "Diekmann case" had a legal aftermath: In May 1955, an anonymous letter was sent to the Itzehoe public prosecutor . "Several residents of Dithmarschen, " as the letter was signed, wanted to make the perpetrator Diekmann a victim and asked the public prosecutors to investigate Kammrath. However, there was no trial. After questioning various witnesses, the public prosecutor's office came to the clear conclusion that Heinrich Kammrath had acted in self-defense .

Commemoration

Stolperstein Friedrich Jansen, Meldorf, Südermarkt

On August 8, 2008, Gunter Demnig laid a stumbling block in memory of Jansen at Südermarkt 2 in Meldorf. A street in Meldorf has already been named after Jansen.

literature

• Uwe Danker , Astrid Schwabe: Schleswig-Holstein and National Socialism. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2005, ISBN 3-529-02810-X , p. 151: The mayor of Meldorf . ( Word match online on vimu.info).
• Volker Koop : Himmler's last line-up. The Nazi organization "Werewolf". Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20191-3 , p. 150 f.
• Holger Piening: West coast 1945. North Friesland and Dithmarschen at the end of the Second World War. Boyens, Heide 2000, ISBN 3-8042-0861-4 , pp. 195-198.
• Heiko Scharffenberg: Meldorf. Political murder three days after the end of the war. In: Schleswig-Holstein 1945. The end of the war. Exclusive documentation. A special publication by the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher. SHZ, Flensburg 2005, p. 17.

Web link

• Stolpersteine ​​in Dithmarschen ( Memento from March 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )