part of the bribery allegations, a total of 37 businessmen and politicians were under investigation, and more than 100 offices and homes were searched. At the funeral of actress Marlene Dietrich in 1992, a simple graveside service at Städtischer Friedhof III, Diepgen was booed by Berliners who had been angered and disappointed by the city's failure to mount a formal tribute. Diepgen did not attend the inauguration of Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, stating his agenda was too full to make it. He had backed a plan for a far smaller stone memorial inscribed simply with the words Thou Shalt not Kill proposed by theologian Richard Schröder, saying that its precision, dignity and modesty gave it more power than Peter Eisenman's project. Selected awards Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999) Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1994) See also Timeline of Berlin, 1980s–2000s References 1941 births Living people Members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin Mayors of Berlin Senators of Berlin People from Mitte Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Free University of Berlin alumni Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class