As a child in Berlin, Klaus Mylius experienced the Allied bombing raids that caused his Mylius family to lose their home three times. (PDF; 21 kB), Vortrag über die Luftangriffe in Berlin von Klaus Mylius. In: Rebland-Kurier, 30 April 2003. In 1945, the year of the war, he was evacuated to Siegersleben (Magdeburger Börde). He then worked as a farm labourer and newspaper carrier until 1948. From 1946 to 1948 he completed a commercial apprenticeship in the Siegersleben goods distribution company. From 1948 to 1952 he took on functions within the SED, FDJ and DSF. Mylius then headed the central school for projectionists of the State Committee for Film in Halle (Saale) until 1953. From 1953 to 1955 he was a lecturer at the adult education centre of the city of Halle (Saale).
