Oskar Müller (SA member)
Oskar Walter Müller (born March 23, 1894 in Baden-Baden ; † unknown) was a German SA leader, most recently in the rank of SA brigade leader , as well as a Wehrmacht officer. Müller officiated among other things as the German "Plenipotentiary for the Cossack Refugees" during the Second World War .
Life and activity
After attending elementary school and secondary school, Müller went abroad for training purposes in 1911. Until shortly before the outbreak of the First World War , he lived in England and Switzerland . From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the war. He then continued his training at a commercial school in Munich .
In 1920 Müller became a partner in a textile company with which he earned his living as an independent businessman until 1936.
In April 1932, Müller joined the NSDAP . He had already joined the NSKK two months earlier, in February 1932 . At the end of 1932 he moved from this to the SA . In it he initially acted as adjutant of Standard 113. In October 1933 he was promoted to SA Standard Leader in this position. At the end of 1933 he was appointed Staff Leader of SA Brigade 54, which he remained until the association was dissolved in 1936. On March 1, 1937, he was appointed head of the sports department of the SA leadership school in Munich, where he reported directly to Max Luyken . In this position he was promoted to SA brigade leader on January 30, 1941.
From 1939, Müller took part in the Second World War. Initially from 1939 to 1941 as a company commander in the 179th Infantry Regiment of the Army . After his promotion to captain, he was transferred to regimental headquarters in 1941.
Immediately after the start of the Russian campaign , Müller was assigned to the special staff R under Alfred Rosenberg , who was entrusted with the organization of the German occupation administration in the Soviet areas. He returned to the Wehrmacht in September 1941 : from October 1941 to October 1942 he acted as a liaison officer between the Central Army Group and the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories . In this position he was promoted to major in August 1942.
In October 1942, Müller was transferred to the Army Group South as a liaison leader of the East Ministry. A year later, in October 1943, he was commissioned by the East Ministry to look after the problem of the refugees in the German occupied territories - most of whom were Cossacks. In this capacity he was responsible for overseeing all departments involved in the evacuation of population troops cooperating with the German occupying power - usually opponents of Soviet rule, who preferred to do so in the context of the ongoing German withdrawal from the occupied territories and the advance to evacuate the Red Army to the west - were concerned.
In mid-1944 Müller was appointed by Gottlieb Berger as the Reich Ministry's representative for the occupied eastern territories for Cossack refugees.
On May 2, 1945, Müller was captured by the US Army in Munich . He was then interned until 1948. During this time, he was questioned as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials .
literature
- Patrick Martin Smith: Resistance from Heaven. Deployments in Austria by the British secret service SOE 1944 , 2004, p. 384.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Oskar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Müller, Oskar Walter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SA leader, most recently with the rank of SA brigade leader, and officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baden-Baden |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1948 |