"The fight against totalitarianism with totalitarian methods." How the police were sabotaged in Germany

Lustration as the key to a successful transfer to democracy is a popular plot in Russia. In the imaginary alternative universe, the state apparatus of the country is cleaned of the elements of the late Soviet nomenclature and the power corps, the institutions flourish, and honest judges make fair decisions. In reality, everything is usually more complicated. An example of Germany-liberal democracy with a low level of corruption-shows that people manage to sabotage lustrations even in the wake of terrible crimes of national socialism.

"From today's point of view, none of these people could work as a police officer"

In December last year, all the German news channels were held that the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Federal Earth North Rhine, Westfalia Herbal Royl, responded to the results of the first four leaders of the land police ordered in 2016. The conclusion of the historian Martin Hulzel, a specialist in the history of the German police, definitely - all four were direct participants in the crimes of the Third Reich. “From today's point of view, none of these people could work as a police officer,” Royle said.

The biographies of all four chapters of the threat represented by Hulitsel are left no doubt about their participation in Nazi crimes. Friedrich Karst (1891–1973) was a member of the executions of prisoners and prisoners of war in the last military months. Frederich Dehail (1898–1971) first fought with attempts by the Lodzinsky ghetto prisoners to get food on the Black Market, and after serving the security police (Zipo), took part in the planning of “counter -terrorism” shares against the Danish resistance, including contributing to the famous anti -fascist leader of the pastor Karl Munk, providing the direct performer with weapons and documents.

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