 The Siegen literary scholar Karl Prümm and Klaus Dietermann of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation put forward a proposal to publish a biography of Kraemer in 1986.Violent opposition to the publication was led by the local CDU politician Paul Tigges (Lennestadt) founder and board member of the Christine Koch company .In 1985 requested the DKP, to set up a reminder and memorial for Walter Kraemer, the Council and administration did not respond.