Karl Wolff

Karl Wolff
Karl Wolff
	Wolff as a Obergruppenführer in 1942
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 held	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 German SS functionary 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 re-arrested and prosecuted in West Germany for the deportation of Polish Jews, and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an accessory to murder in 1964. He was released in 1971 due to his failing health, 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.

[WATimes-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.

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