The Naming Ceremony of the Wilhelm Kretzfeld Police Academy

Video of a ceremony of a police school in Malente (northern Germany) on the occasion of giving a name to the school. It is named after Wilhelm Kruetzfeld, head of a police station in Berlin. It is due to him that the biggest of Berlin's synagogues, the new synagogue (Oranienburger Strasse), was saved from burning down during the crystal night. He chased away SA men and called for the fire brigade. Memorial speech by Heinz Knobloch, author.