page_title: Murder of Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck
hierarchical_section_title: Murder of Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Fahndungsplakat der Berliner Polizei vom September 1933. Bildunterschriften von links oben nach rechts unten: Heinz Neumann, Hans Kippenberger; Erich Ziemer, Erich Mielke; Walter Ulbricht, Wilhelm Becker, Herbert Dobersalzke, Wilhelm Peschky, Paul Kähne, Gerhard Wallitschke. Text:Helft bei der Suche nach Rotmord! Links: Die Anstifter Rechts: Die Mörder Die Ermittlungen nach den Tätern des feigen, plan- mäßigen Mordüberfalls am damaligen Bülowplatz, wo am 9. August 1931 die Polizeihauptleute Anlauf und Lenk von kommunistischen Mordbuben hinterrücks er- schossen wurden, sind von der Kriminalpolizei in engster Zusammenarbeit mit der SA so weit durchgeführt worden, daß die Voruntersuchung gegen insgesamt 21 Kommunisten wegen gemeinschaftlichen Mordes ge- führt wird. Wir veröffentlichen zur Information für das Publikum, das bei der Suche nach den Mordbetei- ligten helfen soll. Photos der von der Polizei noch Gesuchten: English: "Red Murderers!" - Wanted Poster published by the Berlin Police in September of 1933 announcing that warrants of arrest have been issued for ten people for the killing of two Police Officers in 1931. Pictures of the alleged perpetrators and displayed on the poster. Among them are the former Communist Reichstag Deputies Hans Kippenberger and Walter Ulbrich as well as Erich Mielke, who later became the head of the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, the East German secret service.
context_page_description: The Murders of Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck were a double homicide that took place in Berlin on 9 August 1931, when police captain Paul Anlauf and officer Franz Lenck were assassinated by the paramilitary wing of the Communist Party of Germany. Both Anlauf and Lenck were members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. One of the murderers, Erich Mielke, later became the head of the Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, and was only tried and convicted of the murders in 1993.
context_section_description: The Murders of Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck were a double homicide that took place in Berlin on 9 August 1931, when police captain Paul Anlauf and officer Franz Lenck were assassinated by the paramilitary wing of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Both Anlauf and Lenck were members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. One of the murderers, Erich Mielke, later became the head of the Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, and was only tried and convicted of the murders in 1993.
caption: 1933 Pictures of the suspects-Erich Mielke is in the top row far right
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