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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 unit was commanded by SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff and called Italienische SS-Freiwilligen-Legion, but soon renamed 1. Sturmbrigade Italienische Freiwilligen-Legion . In April 1944, three battalions fought against Allied bridgeheads of Anzio and Nettuno with good results, for which Heinrich Himmler on 3 May 1944 allowed them to wear SS ...
Karl Wolff: Chief of staff to Heinrich Himmler and Supreme SS and Police Leader of Italy 14235 7 October 1931 695131 Udo von Woyrsch: Higher SS and Police Leader in the SS-Oberabschnitt Südost 3689 162349 Alfred Wünnenberg: SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen SS and the commander of the 4th SS Polizei Panzer Grenadier Division
Just over a month later, Himmler was informed that SS-Obergruppenführer (general) Karl Wolff had been negotiating with the Allies for the capitulation of Italy. [42] When questioned by Himmler, Wolff explained that he was operating under Hitler's orders and attempting to play separate Allies against one another.
SS General Karl Wolff's Proxy of Surrender for northern Italy, 2 May 1945. Operation Sunrise (sometimes called the Berne incident) was a series of World War II secret negotiations from February to May 1945 between representatives of Nazi Germany and the United States to arrange a local surrender of German forces in northern Italy. [1]
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 ...
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
Commanding general V SS Mountain Corps 1943–1944: 1881–1944: also: General der Waffen-SS; killed in action Oswald Pohl: Chief SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt (SS Main Economic and Administrative Office) 1942–1945: 1892–1951: also: General der Waffen-SS; executed in Landsberg Hans-Adolf Prützmann