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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]
From 1943 to 1945, Wolff was the Supreme SS and Police Leader of the 'Italien' area. By 1945 Wolff was acting military commander of Italy, and in that capacity negotiated the surrender of all the forces in the Southwest Front. Alfred Wünnenberg – SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei.
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 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]
Reading and sharing inspirational Veterans Day quotes from important figures throughout history is one way to commemorate the day. Whether you have family members, friends, or neighbors who served ...
“Every choice gives you a chance to pave your own road. Keep moving. Full speed ahead.” — Oprah Winfrey “Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a ...
Karl Gebhardt: Office Reich's physician of the SS and Police, Head clinician: 1897–1948: also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; executed Karl Genzken: SS-Führungshauptamt, Chief Office Division D; physician: 1895–1957: also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS; imprisoned 1945–1954 Karl Gerland: Gauleiter NSDAP Kurhessen: 1905–1945: Odilo ...
Hendersonville's Ed Cottrell tells the story of how 2 WWII enemies shot down in Battle of the Bulge met decades later in Bonn, Germany.