Werner Giese (police officer)
Werner Giese (born October 12, 1923 in Tilsit ; † 2003 in Hamburg ) was a Hamburg police officer and later state police director, who was also known as a joke teller.
Life
Born in East Prussia, Giese came to Hamburg on a coal wagon after the Second World War . During the storm surge of 1962, the policeman saved many people and thereby achieved a certain prominence in Hamburg.
Giese was discovered for the radio in 1978 at the so-called “Polit-Stammtisch” of the Bild newspaper . During the event he had started to amuse his interlocutors (including Heinz Dunkhase ) with stories from his East Prussian homeland. Dunkhase finally suggested a broadcast with Giese's " Vertellchens " on NDR . This became so successful that it also resulted in the release of a record . The satirical magazine Titanic later characterized the joke repertoire of the police officer as largely "of pensioners and their flatulence, notables who went to the neurologist for diarrhea, farting teachers and peeing students".
The high point of Gieses professional career was his appointment as state police director in Hamburg in 1979. He held the office until 1983.
Discography
- Mercy! You, Lorbass, are not sleeping. Vertell'chens from East Prussia; Polydor 1979 (LP / MC)
Web links
- Mourning for ex-police director obituary in the Hamburger Abendblatt
- Entry about Werner Giese in the German Digital Library
Single receipts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giese, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German police officer and state police director in Hamburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tilsit |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2003 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |