Rudolf Paul

Dr. Rudolf Paul (30 July 1893 in Gera^[1] - 28 February 1978) was a German politician.

He studied law in Berlin and Leipzig and practiced as a lawyer in Gera.^[2] He was a member of the German Democratic Party until its dissolution in 1933. Under the Nazi Regime, he was banned from his profession.

Paul was appointed as mayor of Gera on May 7, 1945 by the American city commander. After the American retreat from Thuringia, the Soviet military administration appointed him as first Minister-President of the state on July 16, 1945. He became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in 1946. On September 1, 1947, he fled into the American occupation zone.

Paul features in the fourth part of the novel Berlin by the anti-Nazi German writer Theodor Plievier.

External links

1. Richter, Michael; Schmeitzner, Mike (1999). Einer von beiden muss so bald wie möglich entfernt werden: der Tod des sächsischen Ministerpräsidenten Rudolf Friedrichs vor dem Hintergrund des Konfliktes mit Innenminister Kurt Fischer 1947 (in German). G. Kiepenheuer. p. 29. ISBN 978-3-378-01021-5. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
2. "Paul, Rudolf | Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur". www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2024.

• Newspaper clippings about Rudolf Paul in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW