Back كارل وولف (ضابط) Arabic كارل وولف (ضابط من المانيا) ARZ Karl Volf Azerbaijani Карл Волф Bulgarian Karl Wolff Czech Karl Wolff (SS-Mitglied) German Karl Wolff Spanish کارل ولف Persian Karl Wolff Finnish Karl Wolff French
Karl Wolff | |
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 Wolff in 1937 | |
| Birth name | Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff |
| Born | 13 May 1900 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire |
| Died | 17 July 1984 (aged 84) Rosenheim, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Allegiance | German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Years of service | 1917–1918 1931–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Obergruppenführer |
| Unit | Schutzstaffel |
| Commands | Chief, Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS Supreme SS and Police Leader, occupied Italy |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Iron Cross, German Cross in Gold |
| Relations | Fatima Grimm (daughter) |
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 17 July 1984) was a senior German SS officer who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II. He ended the war as the Supreme SS and Police Leader in occupied Italy and helped arrange for the early surrender of Axis forces in that theatre, effectively ending the war there several days sooner than in the rest of Europe. He escaped prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials as a result of his participation in Operation Sunrise. In 1962, Wolff was rearrested, prosecuted in West Germany for the deportation of Polish Jews and sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an accessory to murder in 1964. He was released in 1971 and died 13 years later.[1]
- ^ "Karl Wolff, 84, Nazi SS general who surrendered troops in Italy" (PDF). The Washington Times. 17 July 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2020 – via CIA Library.
Gen. Wolff was released periodically from prison beginning in 1969 for medical treatment, and was set free permanently after a heart attack in 1971.