Walter Müller (doctor, 1901)

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Walter Müller (born July 11, 1901 in Heilbronn , † June 27, 1933 in Fellbach ) was a German radiologist , National Socialist and SS member. After his “Jewish descent” became known, he committed suicide .

Life

Walter Müller was the illegitimate son of Berta (or Bertha) Müller. His mother worked for the Jewish businessman and landowner Hermann Dreifus. His father cannot be unequivocally identified because the mother withheld the name of the biological father.

In 1913 the twelve-year-old Müller was adopted by his great-aunt Maria Müller from Stuttgart and her husband, for reasons that were not clear up to now. Here he then spent his childhood and youth and graduated from the Realgymnasium in Stuttgart . He finished his medical studies in 1925 with a state examination and a doctorate in medicine (Dr. med.). After his adoptive parents died in the same year, the landowner Dreifus stepped in as Müller's new guardian.

In 1929 he worked as a clinic doctor in Waiblingen and soon thereafter headed the internal department there as senior physician. Müller initially joined the NSDAP and the SA . He then moved to the SS , where he was a member of the Waiblinger SS storm from 1930 to 1932 and worked as an SS storm doctor. Müller is described as a fanatical National Socialist who found enthusiasm for the ideology of a master race . It is reported that even before he committed suicide, he met his Jewish colleague Dr. Moschwa Aisik Friedmann denounced to the Gestapo . He married the doctor Marianne Minges, Ruppert or Huppert (1905–1987).

Although his mother was still alive, Müller passed his adoptive parents off as biological parents during his lifetime. This got him into trouble in May 1933. A complaint was brought against Müller after the district office had investigated him on suspicion of forging identity. His indications of origin turned out to be wrong and the Jewish Community of Stuttgart confirmed the Jewish denomination of Hermann Dreifus, who had already affirmed in 1930 that he was his father without Müller's knowledge. On June 27, 1933, Müller was informed of his Jewish descent.

He was suspended from the clinic due to the " Aryan Paragraph " in the Law to Restore the Civil Service . Walter Müller committed suicide that same evening. Just one day later, his body was recovered and buried in a pompous commemoration in the presence of unsuspecting party and SS members. His wife then left Waiblingen and moved to Wuppertal , where she continued her work from then on. After her death in 1987, her body was buried in the double grave in Waiblingen.

Controversy over commemoration

Müller is buried with his late wife in Waiblingen. According to the cemetery regulations, the grave should have been cleared in 2000, but was initially further cared for at the instigation of the Waiblingen cultural team, which included both the mayor and the town historian. In the context of the discussion about the setting of a so-called stumbling block to commemorate Müller's death, this grave maintenance was discussed critically. History teachers and historians advocated keeping the tomb. After a decision by the city council, the grave was cleared in 2008, contrary to the outcome of a citizen's vote (in which 221 citizens took part). In 2014, the memory of Walter Müller is to become part of a separate thematic section in the renovated Waiblingen City Museum.

literature

  • Hans Schultheiß: Cards for Carmen or the thought of not being allowed to meet my SS comrades anymore , In: Waiblinger Hefte zum Nationalozialismus 2, Waiblingen 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The current topic: Dr. Walter Müller - Between Objectivity and Emotionality. Staufer Kurier (Official Gazette of the City of Waiblingen) April 24, 2008 (32nd year No. 17), p. 3 ( Memento from December 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Difficult remembering ( memento of the original from December 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Stuttgarter Nachrichten, May 25, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
  3. ^ Nazi past: How SS-Müller keeps a city in suspense . Stern , April 21, 2008 (accessed August 18, 2010)
  4. ^ Waiblingen - victims and perpetrators . FAZ , June 19, 2008
  5. ↑ Waiblingen municipal council has graves cleared ( memento from September 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Stuttgarter Zeitung , June 26, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German radiologist, National Socialist and SS member
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1933
Place of death Fellbach