Friederike Wieking was born in Gildehausen on August 3, 1891. After graduating from middle school, she trained to become a welfare worker and began working as a police welfare officer in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) in 1918. She later became a senior welfare officer at the Berlin State Youth Welfare Office.
In 1927, Wieking became the head of the newly founded female criminal police (WKP) in Prussia. She continued heading the organization after it was incorporated into the Reich Criminal Police Office in 1935. From 1940/42 on, she was also responsible for the “youth protection camps” in Moringen and Uckermark.
The Soviet secret service arrested Friederike Wieking for her role in the police force on July 3, 1945 and transferred her to the Weesow special camp, then later transferred to several other special camps before being interned in Special Camp No. 2 from September 1948 to early 1950. After her release, she returned to Berlin, where she died on August 21, 1958.
Translation:
269. [serial no.] / 31672 [registration number] / VIKENG FRIDERIKA, born in 1891, native of Gildehaus, resident of Berlin, German, member of the NSDAP since 1933, secondary education. Arrested on May 31, 1945, as head of the female police force for the prosecution of underage female offenders. Confirmed by statements from WIKING
Stamp: “To be released by decision of theasd commission on December 10, 1949”
