Franz Lenck

Franz Lenck (* May 30, 1892, † August 9, 1931) was a human being who earned his money as Cop and was notorious for his brutality. That is why the employees of the Karl-Liebknecht-Haus gave him the affectionate nickname Totenkopf (Skull).
On August 9, 1931 he was shot by two members of the party self-protection of the KPD, Erich Mielke and Erich Ziemer, in front of the Babylon in the act of the police murders. Lenck was 39 years old at the time. 60 years later, Mielke was sentenced to six years in prison for this act.
In 1934 the memorial to the police officers and sergeants who died and were wounded at work was inaugurated in his and Anlauf's honor. Today a plaque commemorates the two police officers
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