Karl Zörgiebel
Karl Zörgiebel | |
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Karl Zörgiebel (left) in 1948 at the Rittersturz Conference with Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf (right) | |
| Polizeipräsident of the Dortmund Police | |
| In office 1930–1933 | |
| Preceded by | Josef Lübbring |
| Polizeipräsident of the Berlin Police | |
| In office 1926–1930 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Grzesinski |
| Succeeded by | Albert Grzesinski |
| Polizeipräsident of the Cologne Police | |
| In office 1922–1926 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Runge |
| Succeeded by | Otto Bauknecht |
| Member of the Reichstag | |
| In office 1920–1924 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karl Friedrich Zörgiebel September 30, 1878 Mainz, German Empire |
| Died | March 14, 1961 (aged 82) Mainz, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany (1901–1961) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial German Navy |
| Years of service | 1897–1900 1914–1917 |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
Karl Friedrich Zörgiebel (September 30, 1878 – March 14, 1961) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as a Reichstag deputy and Polizeipräsident (Chief of Police) of multiple major German cities, during the Weimar Republic. He is known for his involvement with the Blutmai (Blood Mai), a violent crackdown of Labour Day communist demonstrators, in which over 30 deaths were reported, among them innocent pedestrians.