Karl Mellmann

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Karl Mellmann (born September 9, 1911 in Hamburg ; † not known) was a German police officer (DVP) . He was a major general and for many years head of main departments in the Ministry of the Interior (MdI) of the GDR .

Life

After attending elementary school and high school with a high school diploma, he studied law . He then worked as a lawyer . When war broke out in 1939, he was drafted into the armed forces for military service. As a captain he was taken prisoner by the Soviets, attended an Antifa school and became a member of the National Committee for Free Germany (NKFD) .

In 1945 he returned to Germany, became a member of the KPD / SED and a member of the DVP. As VP inspector, he was deputy head of the criminal investigation department and as such was involved in the investigations in preparation for the Waldheim trials . Subsequently, as Colonel of the VP, he was deputy or head of the education / training department in the Ministry of the Interior. After the formation of an independent combat groups department in the MdI in 1961, which was directly subordinate to the deputy minister for armed organs, Willi Seifert , Mellmann became head of this department, which was upgraded to the main department in 1965. On June 30, 1964, he was appointed major general. Mellmann was also the head of the Dynamo Northwest sports community and remained head of the main combat groups department until 1972.

Mellmann last lived as a veteran in Berlin.

Awards

literature

  • Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 1: Lexicon of organizations and institutions, departmental union management , League for Friendship between Nations (= rororo-Handbuch. Vol. 6348). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16348-9 , pp. 223-224.
  • Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , pp. 224-225.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 532 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Torsten Diedrich, Hans Ehlert u. Rüdiger Wenzke, In the service of the party - manual of the armed organs of the GDR. Links Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-86153-160-7 , p. 703.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gertrud Milke: Mr. Senior Public Prosecutor, the special case ... In: Der Spiegel . No. 47/1950, November 22, 1950, pp. 13-14
  2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of May 28, 1971
  3. ^ New Germany of October 4, 1986
  4. ↑ Berliner Zeitung, September 13, 1961, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Mellmann, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mellmann, Karl-Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Major General of the People's Police
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century