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Ernst Melsheimer -LRB- 9 April 1897 in Neunkirchen -- 25 March 1960 in Berlin -RRB- was a German lawyer .. Neunkirchen. Neunkirchen, Saarland. Berlin. Berlin. German. Germany. lawyer. Jurist. In December 1949 he was appointed as the first State prosecutor of the German Democratic Republic ,. German. Germany. State prosecutor. Attorney general. German Democratic Republic. German Democratic Republic. which at that time was a new country being created out of the Soviet occupation zone of what had till recently been Germany .. Germany. Nazi Germany. created. State-building. Soviet occupation zone. Soviet occupation zone. Melsheimer became -LRB- after Hilde Benjamin -RRB- the second most important state lawyer in the young country .. lawyer. Jurist. Hilde Benjamin. Hilde Benjamin. Melsheimer was a strong believer in party control of the courts .. -LRB- By now , only one political party , the SED , was permitted in East Germany -RRB- .. Germany. Nazi Germany. East Germany. East Germany. SED. Socialist Unity Party of Germany. He was opposed to any Western-style separation of powers between the justice system and the state .. separation of powers. separation of powers. He took a hands-on approach to his job , appearing in person as the principal -LRB- prosecution -RRB- advocate in numerous secret trials and in high-profile show trials during the 1950s .