Gottfried Johannes Müller
Born	(1914-04-10)10 April 1914 Gschwend, Germany)
Died	26 September 2009(2009-09-26) (aged 95)
Nationality	German
Occupation	Philanthropist
Spouse(s)	Susanne Firgau (married 1948, divorced mid-1960s); Ursula Schweizer (m 1973)
Children	Amadé, Alexander, Samuel, and Nathan
Parent(s)	Johannes Mattäus Müller, Katharina Schurr

Gottfried Johannes Müller (10 April 1914 – 26 September 2009) was a German philanthropist^[1] who founded an international Christian vegetarian orphanage, SALEM Children's Village. He had been a major in the German Luftwaffe during World War II.^[2] He is credited also with designing the Kurdish national flag.^[3][4][5]

Published work

He is the author of one German-language book, which has been published three (3) different times, in 1959, 2006, and 2011, in German.

• Gottfried Müller: Im brennenden Orient. Bruderschaft Salem e.V., Stuttgart, 1959
• Müller, Gottfried Johannes, In the Burning Orient, 3rd ed., Salem-Buchdienst GmbH, Stadtsteinach, 2007
• Gottfried Müller: Einbruch ins verschlossene Kurdistan. Ronald Henss Verlag, Saarbrücken, 2006 ISBN 978-3-939937-00-5
• Gottfried . Müller: Einbruch ins verschlossene Kurdistan. B004TBD184. Publisher: Dr. Ronald Henss Verlag (March 21, 2011). Publication Date: March 21, 2011. Available only through Amazon Kindle and in paperback.

Influence

He was an influential mind and funding source behind the Salem Village series of [Christian vegetarianism|Christian vegetarian]] orphanages. He is credited also with designing the Kurdish national flag.^[6][7]

References

See also

• Operation Mammoth
• Salem International

Category:1914 births Category:2009 deaths Category:German philanthropists