Leopold von Mildenstein | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | LIM |
| Born | 30 November 1902 Prague, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | November 1968 (aged 65–66) West Germany |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service | SS |
| Years of service | 1932–1945 |
| Rank | Officer |
| Other work | Writer, press officer |
Leopold Itz, Edler von Mildenstein (30 November 1902 – November 1968) was an SS officer who is remembered as a lead supporter in the Nazi Party of some of the aims of Zionism during the 1930s.
He sometimes worked as a writer and signed his work with his initials, LIM. In English, he has sometimes been called a "baron", although his rank of Edler means "nobleman" and has no exact equivalent; perhaps the nearest translation is "Esquire".
After the Second World War, Mildenstein continued to live in West Germany, where he joined the Free Democratic Party and was elected to its Press Committee. In 1956, he went to Egypt to work for a radio station, and after the capture of Adolf Eichmann in 1960 he claimed immunity as an intelligence agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency, a claim which was neither confirmed nor denied. Nothing was heard of him after 1964, when he published a book on cocktails.