John Westphal
John Westphal (* 1895 in Altona ; † 1980 ) was a German police officer .
Career
Westphal worked as a journalist for the SPD press before the party was banned in 1933 . At the same time he was mayor of Hanover and a member of the provincial parliament of Hanover. From 1945 he worked for the senior executive committee in Kiel and, after the establishment of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, from 1947 for the Ministry of Social Affairs in Kiel. From 1953 until his retirement in 1959, he was police chief in Hanover.
Works
- The police of the state capital Hanover - Wiesbaden: Deutscher Verkehrsschutz-Verlag, 1958
literature
- Dirk Riesener: The Hanover Police Department. Society, industry and police from the German Reich to the Federal Republic of Germany , Hanover 2006. p. 271
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SURNAME | Westphal, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German police officer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1895 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Altona district |
DATE OF DEATH | 1980 |