Gisbert Beck

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Gisbert Beck (born July 31, 1939 in Eschwege ; † June 3, 1983 in Eppstein - Vockenhausen ) was a German police officer and local politician .

Live and act

Beck lived in Flörsheim am Main from 1963 and did his job in the local office as a police officer of the protection police . In 1966 he moved to the Hofheim am Taunus police station . He started his service at the youth traffic school of the Main-Taunus-Kreis in 1976 and took over its management in 1979.

On June 3, 1983, Beck was the victim of the gunman Karel Charva in the Eppstein rampage at the Freiherr-vom-Stein comprehensive school in the Eppstein district of Vockenhausen . Beck had given the school children of the neighboring Burg-Schule ( elementary school ) traffic lessons that day . The gunman Charva had already shot at schoolchildren in the Freiherr vom Stein comprehensive school, shot the principal Hans-Peter Schmitt (36 years old) and seriously injured the teacher Franz-Adolf Gehlhaar when Beck approached him in the school hallway because he was heard the shots in the schoolyard. The uniformed but unarmed Beck shouted to the gunman: “Gun away! Police! ", Whereupon he immediately opened fire and shot Beck. During the rampage, the schoolchildren Stephanie Hermann (12 years), Javier Martinez (11 years) and Gabriele Siebert (12 years) were shot by the gunman who ultimately shot himself.

In 2013 a roundabout in Flörsheim was named after Gisbert Beck.

Local politics

Since 1981 Beck was a member of the CDU parliamentary group in the city ​​council of Flörsheim and worked in the city traffic commission .

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personal data
SURNAME Beck, Gisbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German policeman and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschwege
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1983
Place of death Eppstein - Vockenhausen