Heinrich Müller (born 28 April 1900; date of death unknown, but evidence points to May 1945) The shortened footnote template creates a short author-date citation in a footnote. For use with Shortened footnotes. The shortened footnote template creates a short author-date citation in a footnote. For use with Shortened footnotes. was a German police official under both the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. He became chief of the Gestapo, the political secret state police of Nazi Germany,