Paul Mylius

Paul Mylius (born February 23, 1904 in Bitterfeld ; † unknown) was a German lawyer in the police service and SS leader.

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After attending school, Mylius studied law . He later joined the police force. In the 1930s he joined the Secret State Police Office , where he took on duties as legal advisor . He also became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 272.539) and the SS (SS number 639.426). After the establishment of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), Mylius took over the management of Section II A 3 (“Judicial Matters, Claims for Damages”), which he headed until the beginning of 1941. From April 1941 to November 18, 1943, he served as Group Head of Department VII A ( "material acquisition") in that of Franz Alfred Six -led Office VII ( "Ideological Research and Evaluation - SD abroad") of the Reich Security Main Office and deputy head of entire Office VII. On September 12, 1941 Mylius was appointed to the Upper Government Council. In 1944 he left the Reich Security Main Office.

In the SS, Mylius achieved the rank of Obersturmbannführer .

After the Second World War, Federal Republican public prosecutors investigated Mylius. He was considered missing for years because he was last seen on the territory of the GDR .

literature

• Michael Wildt : Generation of the Unconditional. The leadership corps of the Reich Security Main Office. 2002.
• Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , p. 427.

Photo by Mylius

• Lutz Hachmeister : The enemy researcher. The career of SS leader Franz Alfred Six. Munich 1998, p. 232.