Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (December 28, 1907 – May 21, 2000) was a German convicted murderer and secret police official in the service of the Soviet Union and East Germany.A native of Berlin and second generation member of the Communist Party of Germany, Mielke was one of two triggermen in the 1931 murders of Berlin Police Captains Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck. After learning that a witness had survived, Mielke escaped prosecution by fleeing to the USSR and was recruited into the NKVD.