Paul Brodek (October 16, 1884 – September 5, 1942) was a German politician who served in the Oldenburg state Parliament as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

[1] Of Jewish origin, Brodek was born in Krotoschin, Posen district, West Prussia.

He took part in World War I, but was wounded in 1917 and awarded the Eisernes Kreuz (Iron Cross) and then worked for Thyssen in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

During the Weimar Republic, Paul was a member of the council and magistrate of the city of Brake.

Following the November pogroms, he was taken into "protective custody" and deported to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.