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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]
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 ...
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The Soviets were present at the signing event. The Soviet Military Command sent General Aleksei Kislenko to Caserta to witness the signing ceremony after the Soviets protested the secret negotiations between the other Allies and the German and RSI forces in Northern Italy. Polish Lt. Vraeveskj was also present to witness the signing ceremony.
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A combat veteran of World War I, Röhm had recently boasted that he would execute 12 men in retaliation for the killing of any stormtrooper. [13] Röhm saw violence as a means to political ends. Not content solely with the leadership of the SA, Röhm lobbied Hitler to appoint him Minister of Defence , a position held by the conservative General ...