Siegfried Friedrich Heinrich Müller (26 October 1920 – 17 April 1983) often called Kongo-Müller was a former GermanWehrmacht officer-candidate who fought as a mercenary under Major Mike Hoare in the Congo Crisis.
Müller emigrated to the Republic of South Africa in 1962 and was recruited as a mercenary with the rank of Lieutenant for the Congo Crisis in 1964. At 44, Müller was the oldest of Mike Hoare's soldiers.[1] He was promoted to Captain after a successful operation to seize Albertville (now Kalemie) and led 52 Commando, a sub unit of No 5 Commando comprising approximately 50 soldiers. He was later promoted to Major.
Major Müller wore his World War II Iron Cross First Class on his operations in the Congo, which attracted the attention of journalists from Time magazine[3] and Der Spiegel. Admitting that he had had too much to drink, Müller was interviewed by a GDR film crew for the 1966 documentary Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders. Müller also appeared in the film Africa Addio, Mal d'Africa and in the 1965 East German documentary Kommando 52.[4]
He inspired the character of Heinlein in Wilbur Smith's Dark of the Sun, though Peter Carsten did not use Müller's jovial personality in his role.
He also appears in the upcoming Hearts of Iron IV mod The New Order: Last Days of Europe as the Reichskommisar of Zentralafrika
