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Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff was born the son of a wealthy district court judge in Darmstadt on 13 May 1900. [2] During World War I he graduated from school in 1917, volunteered to join the Imperial German Army (Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 115) and served on the Western Front. [3]
The 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) also Legione SS Italiana (German: 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (italienische Nr. 1)) was an SS formation of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was originally created in the Italian Social Republic in 1943 as the Italian Legion, later renamed to a brigade. The unit was upgraded ...
In 1933, Karl Wolff came to the attention of Himmler who in June 1933, appointed Wolff his adjutant and made him chief of the office of his Personal Staff. [2] Himmler also appointed Wolff the SS Liaison Officer to Hitler. [3] As Himmler's principal adjutant and close associate, Wolff's daily activities involved overseeing Himmler's schedule ...
Higher SS and Police Leader of Denmark;Waffen-SS General 10110 1931 282737 Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch: Obergruppenführer, General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei, during World War II, he commanded the 4th SS Polizei Division and the VI SS Army Corps and the IX SS Mountain Corps. 292713 March 1939 1364387 Artur Phleps
also: General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei; interned until 1948 Karl Wolff: Chief Persönlicher Stabe Reichsführer SS; SS liaison officer to Führer HQ 1939–1943; Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer (Supreme SS and Police Leader) Italy 1943-1945 1900–1984: also: General der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1949 and 1964–1969 Udo von Woyrsch
Since March 1945, SS Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff, the commander of the German occupying forces in Italy, had begun negotiations for the local surrender of Axis forces in Italy. The Allies sent different negotiators, notably OSS agent Allen Dulles to negotiate the surrender in Switzerland.
Anna Cardwell’s loved ones honored her at a funeral days after her death at age 29. Cardwell’s friends and family arrived at the Williams-White Columns Funeral Home in Gordon, Georgia, on ...
SS-Hauptmann: B.E.M. Pierre Pauly? January 1942 – ? March 1942 SS-Hauptmann: George Tchekhoff? March 1942 – ? April 1942 SS-Sturmbannführer: Lucien Lippert? April 1942 – 13 February 1944 SS-Oberführer: Karl Burk: 13 February 1944 – 30 January 1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer: Léon Degrelle: 30 January 1945 – 8 May 1945