Paul Moder (1 October 1896,

Neheim Arnsberg (; wep, Arensperg) is a town in the Hochsauerland county, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Hochs ...

– 8 February 1942) was a German

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politician, a captain in the

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and the SS and Police Leader in

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from November 1939 to July 1941. Transferred to the Waffen SS, he served with the SS-Totenkopf Division and died in action on the eastern front.

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1896 births 1942 deaths People from Arnsberg 20th-century Freikorps personnel Sturmabteilung personnel Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany SS and Police Leaders People from the Province of Westphalia SS-Gruppenführer Waffen-SS personnel killed in action Military personnel from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-Nazi-politician-stub