Ernst Misselwitz

Ernst Misselwitz (1909-?) Head of RSHA -Reich Main Security Office of the Paris Gestapo at 84 Avenue Foch. The Gestapo (Secret State Police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. Ernst Misselwitz was in charge of Gestapo section that fought against the Communists and French Resistance. He was given freedom of action and autonomy to hunt anyone thought to be anti-Nazi. He became a trusted agent of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), and led numerous operations against the French Resistance. Ernst Misselwitz ran the interrogation and torture chamber in Paris Gestapo HQ. Before working Paris Misselwitz worked shorty in the Gestapo HQ in Lyon.

Gilberte Brossolette, the widow of the legendary Resistance heroe, Pierre Brossolette, testified to Misselwitz war crimes. In February 1944 Pierre Brossolette was arrested, then interrogated and tortured by Ernst Misselwitz. His window, told how Pierre Brossolette was afraid of talking and being a traitor under further torture. He jump out of of a window to kill himself rather that have Misselwitz torture him into talking.

With the Liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944, Misselwitz move from Paris to German. In October 1945, the 36-year old Misselwitz reported to the French security services in the northwest of Berlin. But, Misselwitz was arrested and imprisoned for a short time, and offered to be a spy among his inmates, staring in early 1946. In 1952 Misselwitz was convicted in a Paris court In absentia, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment for the torture of Brossolett,but was never found or arrested, as after his release became an secret agent for the French special services. Thus the time and place of Misselwitz death is not know.

See also

• Pierre Paoli

References

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• NY Times, Hunter of Nazis Says France Used Gestapo Man as Agent, Reuters, August 26, 1983
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