Known as one of the most murderous Nazi officials, the death of the Gestapo head had long been shrouded in mystery. He was last sighted in May, 1945, in Hitler’s bunker and investigations into his death continued decades after the war.
The discovery that his body lies in a Jewish Cemetry in central Berlin was made by head of the German Resistance Memorial Centre, Johannes Tuchel, after finding documents hidden away in city archives. Sharing the cemetery is world famous composer Moses Mendelssohn
“His corpse was buried in a mass grave in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin Mitte,” Tuchel told the Bild newspaper on Thursday.
In 1963, papers emerged claiming that Gestapo boss Müller was buried in the Neukölln district of Berlin, but these were found to be fake.
Gravedigger Walter Lüders told police in 1963 that he had buried Müller personally, and that he had seen the Müller’s face. While his statement was never confirmed at the time, it turns out now that he was telling the truth.
He told Bild newspaper 50 years ago that there were three mass graves in the Jewish cemetary, and that Müller was in one of them, German media informs.
