Hans Müller (lawyer, 1906)

Hans Müller as a witness at the Nuremberg trials.

Hans Müller (born September 18, 1906 in Gießen ; † after 1947) was a German lawyer . Müller was, among other things, personal assistant to the head of the party chancellery of the NSDAP , Martin Bormann , and a judge at the People's Court .

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After attending school, Müller studied law . Since his traineeship in 1929, he had been a civil servant in the judicial service: that same year, Müller became a district judge in Berlin. In 1932 he passed the assessor examination. In the following years he was employed in the judicial service as a public prosecutor, district judge and higher regional judge. Later he also held the title of Senate President.

During the Nazi era, Müller worked at the Supreme Court , among other things . With effect from May 1, 1937, he joined the NSDAP . He was also a judge at the People's Court.

In August 1942 Müller came to the party office of the NSDAP, where he was initially a clerk in the state law department under State Secretary Gerhard Klopfer . In the summer of 1943 he was promoted to the position of personal assistant and office manager of Reichsleiter Martin Bormann, who as head of the party chancellery and personal "secretary" of Adolf Hitler was one of the most powerful men in the Nazi state in the last years of World War II.

At the end of the Second World War , Müller was taken prisoner by the Allies. As a result, he was held in custody until at least 1947 and was questioned as a witness during the Nuremberg trials .

literature

• Herbert Michaelis: Causes and Consequences. From the German collapse in 1918 and 1945 to the state reorganization of Germany in the present. A collection of certificates and documents on contemporary history. Biographical Register , 1979, p. 500.