Heinrich Müller (diplomat)

Heinrich Müller (born November 29, 1894 in Birkesdorf , † September 23, 1967 in Aachen ) was a German politician ( center , CDU ) and diplomat .

Life

Müller, the son of a carpenter and carpenter , did a commercial apprenticeship in the cloth trade and was involved in the Catholic youth movement. He later became a member of the center. Müller took part in the First World War as a soldier . From 1919 to 1931 he was employed in the private sector.

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, he was imprisoned for a short time. He later fled to the Saar region , where he joined Johannes Hoffmann 's CVP . After the Saar referendum in 1935, he emigrated to France , and from there to Belgium in 1936 . Müller initially worked as a construction laborer. From 1938 to 1940 and from 1944 to 1947 he was secretary of the Comité Catholique d'Aide aux Réfugiés Allemands et Autrichiens (German Catholic Aid Committee for German and Austrian Refugees) in Brussels . He worked with the Catholic St. Raphaels Association as well as the Katholiek Comité voor Vluchtelingen (German: Catholic Refugee Committee) and its secretary Peter Lütsches in the Netherlands to enable non-Aryan Catholics to emigrate to Brazil . Müller also worked with the Matteotti Committee . During the occupation of Belgium by German troops, Müller was in contact with the Belgian Resistance .

After the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, Müller entered the consular service. From 1950 to 1952 he was an employee at the Consulate General in Brussels, from 1952 to 1957 consul or from 1956 Consul General in Liège , from 1957 to 1960 - according to other information until his retirement in 1962 - Consul General in Antwerp . Then Müller returned to Aachen .

After 1945, Müller played a key role in establishing international contacts for the CDU and was the CDU's liaison to the Christian Social Party of Belgium.

Honors

• Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (February 23, 1960)
• Order of Leopold (Belgium)

literature

• Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (ed.): Biographical manual of German-speaking emigration after 1933 . Volume I: Politics, Economy, Public Life . Saur, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-598-10087-6 , p. 512.
• Hans Peter Mensing (Ed.): Adenauer, Rhöndorfer edition. Letters 1947–1949 . Siedler, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-88680-073-3 , p. 541.
• Friedrich P. Kahlenberg (Ed.): The Cabinet Protocols of the Federal Government . Volume 9: 1956 . Oldenbourg. Munich 1998, ISBN 3-486-56281-9 , p. 587, note 4 ( online ).
• Erich Brost: Against the brown terror. Letters and essays from exile . Dietz, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-8012-0340-9 , p. 242.
• Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . Volume 7: Menghin - Poetel. 2nd Edition. KG Saur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-25037-8 , p. 259.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Office of the Federal President