Herbertus Bikker
Herbertus Bikker (born July 15, 1915 in Alblasserdam , † November 1, 2008 in Hagen - Haspe ), called "de Beul van Ommen" or "the executioner of Ommen", was a Dutch war criminal and member of the Waffen SS , the Received German citizenship in 1943 .
Bikker is the murderer, convicted under Dutch law, of the 27-year-old resistance fighter Jan Houtman, who was killed in the occupied Netherlands on November 17, 1944 . He got his nickname because of his brutal behavior in the Erika penal and labor camp in Ommen .
After the Second World War he was sentenced to death in the Netherlands . In 1952 he succeeded together with the war criminals Willem Polak (1915–1993), Klaas Carel Faber (1922–2012), Antoine Touseul (1921–1991), Sander Borgers (1917–1985), Willem van der Neut (1919–1983) and Jacob de Jonge escaped from the "dome prison" in Breda (Netherlands) to the Federal Republic of Germany , where he could live undisturbed in Hagen until 1995 . Foreign SS members had received German citizenship on the basis of a Führer decree of May 1943, a legal opinion shared by post-war lawyers. As a German citizen, he was not extradited to the Netherlands.
In the end, he was tried as one of the last Nazi perpetrators. The procedure took place after a doctor had attributed him to limited ability to be questioned, but was discontinued due to Bikkers' weakness. The Hagen district court finally dropped the proceedings in 2004 because of the ongoing inability to stand trial .
Bikker died in his apartment on November 1, 2008, but his death was not announced until April 2009.
literature
- Leon de Winter : "The Führer still protects the murderer" , Welt Online , August 25, 2003
- Elisabeth Zimmermann: “Later trial of former SS man Herbertus Bikker” , wsws.org , January 6, 2004
- Achim Scheve: "Bikker process: failed at the target level" on haGalil , February 12, 2004
- Announcement of his death: NOS: “Bikker, Beul van Ommen, al maanden dood” (Dutch); [1] (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arnold Karskens : Gezochte oorlogsmisdadiger Willem Polak overleden on tpo.nl (ThePostOnline)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bikker, Herbertus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | de Beul van Ommen; the executioner of Ommen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch member of the Waffen SS |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alblasserdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 2008 |
| Place of death | Hagen - Hasp |