SS-General Karl Wolf

[JensF.]

Hi,

I search for some informations/bio of SS-General Karl Wolf.

Many thanks!

[Hannibal]

I only know that he was not a KC or KWMC(with sword) winner, the rest you will need Rick to find out.

best regards

[Tony Barto]

Hi;

Here's some information taken from the Axis Biographical Research website associated with the Third Reich Forum and by

Michael Miller & Jeff Chrisman
with
Ken McCanliss
Georges Croisier
Arvo L. Vercamer
Peter Hertel
John P. Moore
Daniele Bacolla
Ladislav Sisko
Daniel Carlos Pérez Uriol
Francisco de Asis Romero y Medina
Allen Milcic
Frank DeLaglio
Roberto Muehlenkamp
David Thompson
Hans van der Sande
Thomas Vanhassel


WOLFF, Karl [Friedrich Otto] (DKiG)
(1900-1984)
SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS/M.d.R.:
Born: 13. May 1900 in Darmstadt, Hessen.
Died: 17. Jul. 1984 in Rosenheim.
NSDAP-Nr.: 695 131/SS-Nr.: 14 235
Promotions:
[Unconfirmed promotion to SS-Oberst-Gruppenfüher und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS: 20. Apr. 1945]; SS-OGruf.u.Gen.d.W-SS: 30. Jan. 1942; Gen.Lt.d.W-SS: 3. May 1940; SS-Gruf.: 30. Jan. 1937; SS-Brigf.: 9. Nov. 1935; SS-Oberf.: 4. Jul. 1934; SS-Staf.: 20. Apr. 1934; SS-OStubaf.: 30. Jan. 1934; SS-Stubaf.: 9. Nov. 1933; SS-Sturmhauptführer: 30. Jan. 1933; SS-Sturmfuhrer: 18. Feb. 1932.
Assignments:
HöSSPF "Italien" (HQ's: Rome, Verona, Bolzano [Bozen): 23. Sep. 1943-8. May 1945.
Member of Reichstag (M.d.R.): Mar. 1933-8. May 1945.
World War I Service:
Notes:
Marital Status: Married (__ children).
Postwar Prosecution:
Arrested, 1962; Sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for complicity in the deportation (to Treblinka) of Warsaw Jews during the summer of 1942. Released, 1971.
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: 9. Dec. 1944;
1939 Spange zum 1914 E.K. I/II; KVK I/II m. Schw.; Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer; Goldenes Parteiabzeichen; Dienstauszeichnungen der NSDAP; Deutsche-Olympia Ehrenzeichen 1. Klasse; SS-Dienstauszeichnungen; Reichssportabzeichen in Silber; SA-Sportabzeichen in Bronze; Ehrendegen des RF SS/Totenkopfring der SS.

[JensF.]

Many thanks!!!

Someone here with a picture of that man?

[McCulloh]

A LOt more is out there...

General Karl's RK ostensibly is out there on the market somewhere, although he apparently never was awarded one. Also, he was available to talk to well into the early 1980s and was quite charismatic. He gave his Totenkopf ring to some kid who wrote a very bad book a few years ago about the old Nazis he'd interviwed.
He was C-in-C of the German Army in Italy and negotiated an early aptulation on that front-but only by a week.
Wolf was a very,very bad man indeed and only managed to escape the noose by skillful destruction of documents and a lot of charm and lies. He was for example, the architect of the Nazi policy that released Yugoslavian POWs (Jews only) from their camps (where they were protected by the Wehrmachts' adherence to the Geneva Convention) in 1943, so they could be rounded up, at the gate, by SS EinsatzKommandos (which reported to him) and liquidated. He was a friend of Eichmann and mourned his execution.
The are several books about him.

[all1knew]

SS Obergruppenfuhrer Karl Wolff - not Wolf

First of all I would like to state for the record Wolff was not awarded the RK, nor is his name spelled WOLF.

If there is one man that I know, it happens to be Karl Wolff. This is a document that I helped compose some time back, please read carefully. Some of the information here I have come across in research, and other things I have a been told.

Oh, by the way, I have a question for you! Would you believe me if I told you that my Step-Father is his nephew!

I have about 20-25 military photos of Wolff that are on my computer at the moment. If you would like to see these, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you.

William Kramer


Heinrich Himmler, Leader of the Waffen SS and Chief of the German Police, who administered the SS and police through central offices.

In 1944 there were 12 central offices:

Personal Staff of the Reich Leader SS, headed by Karl Wolff



SS Central Office headed by Gottlob Berger, for Waffen SS reinforcements



Central Office for Operations, headed by Hans Jüttner, to administer the General SS and command the Waffen SS



Central Office for Race and Settlement, headed by Richard Hildebrandt, to watch over the racial purity of the SS



Central Office SS Court, headed by Franz Breithaupt, to administer military justice in the SS and police



Central Office for Personnel, headed by Maximilian Von Herff



Central Office for Reich Security, headed by Reinhard Heydrich and later Ernst Kaltenbrunner



Central Office of the Order Police, headed by Kurt Daluege



Central Office for Economy and Administration, headed by Oswald Pohl



Heißmeyer Office, headed by August Heißmeyer, for political education



Ethnic German Aid Office, headed by Werner Lorenz, to organize aid for ethnic Germans



Central Office of the Reich Commissar for the Strengthening of German



Ethnicity headed by Ulrich Greifelt, for the resettlement of ethnic Germans.


Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff “Wolfchen” (1900 - 1984)



SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen SS



Born: 13. May 1900 in Darmstadt / Hessen.
Died: 17. Jul. 1984 in Rosenheim / Bayern.

Commander of the German forces (Wehrmacht) who occupied Italy

(Heer - Army) (Polizei - Police) and the Waffen SS

Headquarters: Rome, Verona, and Bolzano

NSDAP # 695 131 (Joined 7. Oct. 1931)
SS # 14 235 (Joined ?? 18. Feb. 1932 ??)



Promotions:


SS-Obergruppenführer and general of the Waffen SS: 30. Jan. 1942



Generalleutnant of the Waffen SS: 3. May 1940



SS-Gruppenführer: 30. Jan. 1937



SS-Brigadeführer: 9. Nov. 1935



SS-Oberführer: 4. Jul. 1934



SS-Standartenführer: 20. Apr. 1934



SS-Obersturmbannführer: 30. Jan. 1934



SS-Sturmbannführer: 9. Nov. 1933



SS-Sturmhauptführer: 30. Jan. 1933


SS-Sturmfuhrer: 18. Feb. 1932.

Career:

23. Sep. 1943 relieved of the personal Chief of staff for Heinrich Himmler “Reichsführer-SS”

(duties undertaken by a deputy from 18. Sep. 1943)

(head of Himmler’s personal staff from Nov. 1936)



8. Jun. 1939 - May 1945
Chief adjutant of the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler

Personal Adjutant to Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler

(Nov. 1935 - Jun. 1939)



Mar. 1934 - Nov. 1935
Seated at the Reichstag in Hessen

(The Reichstag was the home of the German Parliament in Berlin.)



7. Oct. 1931.
Entered NSDAP and later, after the creation of the organization, Wolff joined the Waffen SS in Munich (Wolff first joined the Allgemeine-SS and then attended the SA Leadership School)

Decorations & Awards awarded in WWII

German Cross in (?) Gold (?) : 9. Dec. 1944

as SS Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen SS

as Supreme commander of all German forces in Italy (Heeresgruppe)

Awarded by Generalfeldmarschall Kesselring

1939 Spange to the 1914 Iron Cross 1st class
1939 Spange to the 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class

War Merit Cross 1st class with swords for combatants

War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords for combatants



Medal for the occupation of Czechoslovakia on October 1st 1938 and Prague bar



Medal for the occupation of Austria on Mach 13th 1938



Medal for the occupation of the Memel lands



NSDAP golden party badge



15 year long service award of the NSDAP (Silver)

10 year long service award of the NSDAP (Bronze)



Award for the 1936 German Olympics 1st class



German Social Welfare Decoration 1st Class



SA sports badge in Silver
SA sports badge in Bronze



SS sword of honor
SS deaths head honor ring







Wolff was also awarded the military orders as plenipotentiary of the Reich to Benito Mussolini:



Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy



Grand Cross of the Order of the Italian cross



Grand Order of Mauritius and Lazarus, Commanders Grade


In 1943, when Benito Mussolini was overthrown, the Nazis were in control of all northern Italy. It was a final chance to liquidate the Jews of Italy, a previous option that did not exist while Mussolini was in control. Benito Mussolini remained independent from Adolf Hitler’s hatred of the Jews. When Mussolini was overthrown, he could do nothing to stop the Germans from disposing of Italy’s “Jewish infestation.” Mussolini had protected thousands of Jews with the help of Pope Pius XII, the "Pope of the Jews," before the Germans had taken complete control of the mainland of Italy.
Hitler ordered the destruction of the Vatican and the deportation of Pope Pius XII for supposedly hiding Jews from the Germans. This order was given out immediately after Mussolini had been overthrown. The Pope was to deported to Liechtenstein, a political concentration camp in late 1943 for his opposition to the greater German Reich. When Hitler ordered out this destruction, he wanted the SS to destroy the Holy Sea with "blood and fire."

In late October of 1943, there were uncertain conditions on railroad shipments and availability due to allied bombardment. The Germans could not use the axis trains located in Naples, nor could the Germans use the southern railway system. The German police forces and SS gathered nearly 8,000 Jews in Rome. Shortly after, these Jews were crowded in a small agricultural train and sent along their way to Auschwitz. This train was disguised as a shipment of grain.



Most of the German officials in Italy were swift and thorough with the



"eradication" of Jews in Italy. SS General Karl Wolff had played a key role in the



deportation of Italian Jews to Auschwitz. This was one factor that was brought up in

post war trials. Karl Wolff was responsible for the death of nearly 10,000 Italian Jews

by the end of the war. Wolff was also accused of the annihilation of all Italian partisans

in Belarus.


During September, 1943, and May1945, Wolff tried effortlessly to fight off



Partisans waging guerilla warfare in Italy. He was sentenced to 15 years of penal

servitude for these actions. On April 21, 1945 undetected Italian Partisans took

control of key Italian towns not occupied by the allies. The Partisans immediately

executed all Fascist leaders in these areas. The last remnants of Italian Fascism was

being slowly dissolved. Benito Mussolini, tried to escape Italy with his mistress, both

of which were dressed as Nazis. The two were easily recognized and were taken

prisoner, only to be hung by the Italian people. After the hanging of Mussolini and his

Mistress, the angry mob took the bodies down and beat them into a bloody pulp.


In February of 1945, SS Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff contacted Allen Dulles in Switzerland to arrange the early surrender of all axis forces in Italy. This highly secretive surrender of Italy was known as Operation Sunrise. The negotiation was conducted between Allen Dulles, former CIA director, and SS Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff. At the time Dulles was the OSS officer in Zurich, Switzerland, Wolff was located in northern Italy, making contact fairly easy.

Karl Wolff established contact with Allen Dulles and the O.S.S. through Italian and Swiss intermediaries. His negotiations behind Hitler's back in Zurich led to the early surrender of German forces in Italy. For his services he was not tried at Nuremberg and appeared as a willing prosecution witness.

At the time Wolff was a very debonair and well connected SS officer, as well as a very cunning and intelligent man. As the commander of all SS and Gestapo forces in Italy, which included all regular German police forces, Wolff controlled the destiny of many men. The agreement was to surrender Italy early and save thousands of allied and axis soldiers from long and harsh battle…this also guaranteed the SS general an easy trial after the war, with flimsy charges.

These negotiations were done behind Hitler’s back and could very well cost Wolff his own life. If he didn’t surrender to the allies, however, surely it would cost him his life. The SS General foresaw war crimes trials after the war, and he needed to have every bit of sympathy in the court system. SS Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff appeared in the Nuremberg trials, his early surrender of Italy had saved his life.

Wolff had talked secretly with General of Administration Vietinghoff-Scheel, the commander of all regular forces in Italy. If Wolff surrendered his SS and police forces, this meant that Vietinghoff-Scheel would have to fight the allies with fewer German troops. Thus the mass evacuation of German forces, and the surrender of all regular troops in Italy was arranged. On May 2, 1945, the two Generals came to a final agreement, surrendering and removing all axis forces from Italy. This included all Heer, Waffen SS, Gestapo and Polizei forces on the northern mainland.



On May 2, 1945 and nearly all of Italy was under allied control, the UN-conditional surrender of Italy was underway three days later. Plenipotentiaries to General Vietinghoff-Scheel and SS General Karl Wolff signed the papers. Wolff was in charge of all military administration in Italy, next to the side of General of Administration Vietinghoff-Scheel. On May 5, 1945, all of the Nazi German forces in Italy were surrendered. British Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander and American Lieutenant General W. D. Morgan accepted the surrender of German forces. Italy was now free of all Nazi German Wehrmacht forces.

The allies had wondered why Wolff had taken so long to finally surrender, as the negotiations began in February of 1945. The allies didn’t know that Wolff and Vietinghoff-Scheel were planning one of the biggest mass evacuation of troops in world history. These Generals prepared to surrender some of the German forces that were used up and tired out, but fresh German troops were sent back into Germany. The tired, battle scarred German troops were sent to POW camps in England, there they were treated for injuries and were provided with all human necessities.

Allen Dulles and other allied leaders were located in lower Switzerland at Zurich, this meant that the German forces that were allowed to escape had to move at an extraordinary pace up through western Austria, and not Switzerland. This was an extremely difficult task to complete as both the Russians and Americans were advancing at rapid speeds into the Fatherland.

The evacuation was a success, nearly 25,000 German troops escaped either surrender or the complete annihilation at the hand of the allies. These two brilliant German Generals masterminded this retreat. Performed in April of 1945, this is said to be the most perfectly executed evacuation ever performed by the German hand in world history.

In the spring of 1945 the allies wanted to move up the mainland of Italy on the offensive. The 8th army under control of General McCreery would attack Vietinghoff-Scheel Army Group C this would allow the allies to take out Comacchio and then move across two key rivers, the Santerno and Senio. These two rivers had previously been flooded by the Germans who left the American infantry bogged down in mud.

A massive attack of allied forces would strike and take the Po River before the German’s could retreat across the river to safety. This plan was to be launched by General Lucien Truscott and the 5th US army. Instead of being captured along with his troops, Vietinghoff-Scheel left all of his big equipment behind and quickly moved across the river, just missing the allied forces.

This failure cost the Americans a great deal of time, and trouble, allowing the Germans to escape on April 1, 1945. The last attempt to take the German army of Army Group C was also ineffective on April 9, 1945 as the Germans were retreating nearly twice as fast as expected. The Germans were already in the Swiss Alps by the time the amphibious landing took place. The end of Nazi-infested Italy was near, but there were still German soldiers to fight and lengthen the war.

Were there deals made between the allies and axis powers that assured Nazi leaders of peaceful life after the war?

There were many uses after the war for many Nazi criminals. SS Obergruppenführer Wolff was one of the highest-ranking SS officers to survive the war, and he helped with the pre-planned war against the Soviet Union. Many other German officers were used during the cold war. Placed in the CIA, these men provided valuable tactics and information. German scientists also were used immediately after the war for help in building more atomic bombs. In return the United States let some of these men live a somewhat normal life in places such as South America.

During February 1945 through May 1945 several SS leaders seeking refuge in Italy escaped under Nazi ratlines. These ratlines provided certain Nazi leaders with a safe way to evacuate Europe without suspicion. The Central Intelligence Division during and after WWII knew about these ratlines. This unspoken agreement was to ensure the Americans an allegiance between Gestapo agents and SS members. The American Government had a desire to form an allegiance with Nazi leaders in an effort against communism.

Tens of thousands of SS and other Nazis escaped through these ratlines in fear of capture. Some of these leaders included Wolff's personal friends, such as:



Adolf Eichmann, architect of the Holocaust, captured later by Israeli agents.



Gustav Wagner, who ran the Sobibor death camp.



Franz Stangl, the commander of the Treblinka concentration camp.




Dr. Joseph Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death" in some post works (Mengele was a war criminal wanted for his cruel and inhumane experiments on inmates at Auschwitz, Mengele also escaped after the war to Argentina and lived a long life.)



SS Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff stood alone and gained promises of immunity from the allies while and war crimes. Wolff was also able to delay the American advance, while not signing the surrender of Italy until the time of Hitler's death. Wolff was considered a Nazi peace negotiator for his demanding job of saving the Vatican and pope from Hitler, along with the industrial bases of Italy located near Milan.
Instead of being tried himself, Wolff ended up as a witness at the Nuremberg trials for his later peaceful actions. Wolff was also the reason that other war criminals among his close circle were shipped to North Africa and quietly released. The Americans agreed to this when Wolff convinced the German high command to hand Austria and some other territories over to the western allies instead of the Communist Soviet Union. When the time for the war crime trials came in early 1946, Wolff was allowed to appear as a witness and was allowed to wear his badges of rank - epaulettes. Herman Goring, the Prussian Luftwaffe grand commander, wasn’t even allowed to have any of his personal items, nor his uniform.


Wolff played a key witness in post war trials against several Nazi war criminals. Nearly all of the criminals that were tried in Nuremberg were granted prison sentences, although a select few were executed by hanging. There he continued with several trials in the German courts, for his efforts as appearing as a witness, his own war crime sentences were to be less severe. Wolff was tried by a German court and sentenced to 4 years in labor camp; he was released in August of 1949. During these four years, Wolff was held at an allied internment camp. Wolff went on to live outside of Munich with his wife and two daughters.

In May of 1961, Wolff gave a German magazine an essay written by himself

about the Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler. This drew attention to Wolff in May 1961,

(during the Eichmann trial). As a result to this, Wolff was arrested in 1962. He was

sentenced in 1964 to 15 years’ imprisonment for the direct deportation of 300,000

Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka, the deportation of Italian Jews to

Auschwitz, and the massacre of Italian Partisans in Belarus. During this sentence,

Wolff lost 10 years of his civil rights but eventually he was granted all civil privileges in

1971 when he was released early from prison. He was released early for having an

otherwise blameless.


The Nazis had made it very easy for the allies to decrypt certain messages sent about the Holocaust. The Germans wanted the allies to know certain things when the end of the war was approaching; these messages could be used to eventually protect Germany. SS General Wolff provided documents showed proof that the allies knew about the Holocaust in Italy and failed to do anything about it.

This brought about the debate on how much the allies really did know about the Holocaust throughout WWII, and if they could have saved millions of Jewish lives. In 1943 British intelligence broke the German ENIGMA machine, for two years they were listening in on every German transmitted telegram.

"Germany developed the ENIGMA machine as a means of guaranteeing the security of their communications in the field. To help decipher German ENIGMA communications, British cryptanalysts developed the "bombe," an analog computer capable of rapidly running thousands of possible combinations. British success in decrypting German communications overshadowed German successes in 1943."

"While historians have known that British cryptographers succeeded in breaking the SS security service code in the summer of 1943, the content of messages dealing with deportation of Italian Jews was previously classified. An OSS officer stationed at Bletchley Park, the British code-breaking headquarters, had access to the messages as soon as they were deciphered and transmitted them back to Washington. The newly released documents show that Kolbe provided Dulles with corroborating information about the liquidation of Italian Jews at the end of 1943."


There have been several notions raised when reading the newly released OSS documents, which were previously kept top secret by the CIA, released in 2000. One of the main questions is why the allies did not further prosecute SS general Karl Wolff. The SS General had played a key role in the deportation of 300,000 Jews throughout the war. There was extensive documentation provided against the Americans during these arguments, as the Americans had proof of German atrocities:

Telegram from SS Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS Karl Wolff to Dr. Albert Ganzenmüller, Undersecretary in the Reich Ministry of Transportation and Deputy General Director of the German Railways:

"Since July 22, a train carrying 5,000 Jews has been leaving daily from Warsaw to Treblinka via Malkinia, and in addition, two times a week, a train with 5,000 Jews from Przemysl to Belzec.” (November 1943)

Dr. Albert Ganzenmüller, to SS Lieutenant General Karl Wolff:

"I sincerely thank you for your letter, I was especially pleased to receive the information that for the last 14 days a train has been leaving daily for Treblinka with 5,000 members of the chosen people, and that in this way we are in a position to carry out this population movement at an accelerated tempo. I myself have made contact with the offices involved, so that smooth accomplishment of the entire measure appears to be guaranteed." (December 28, 1943)

"This raises some very difficult moral questions," stated by Elizabeth Holtzman, a former U.S. congresswoman and one of the authors of the war crimes declassification law. "Was this the beginning of an effort to protect Nazi war criminals after the war?"



Here are some interesting facts:



1.) SS Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff was known as the chocolate soldier as some officers (particularly Waffen-SS) considered that he always had the soft option posting.

2.) Wolff was also considered by some to have been a bit of a lackey to Himmler, just as Keitel was to Hitler.

3.) Wolff was very cautious about saying the wrong thing. He had a wealth of information about Himmler and the SS, which he took to his grave in Chiemsee where he also lived.

4.) His first wife, Frieda, lived in Rottach-Eggern on the Tegernsee and was still there just after the war. At first, she refused to agree to a divorce and wrote to Himmler pleading for his support. Himmler agreed and did not relent until a few years later.

5.) The only good publication in existence depicts Wolff and his military career at the present time is in German: "Der Adjutant" by Jochen von Lang, 1985. This is a very good study of Wolff and contains many photos never seen before.

Personally, I know the man with his full uniform and most of his medals. There is a German cross in silver with these items, but not one in gold. I can provide photos of these items as well. Would it not make more sense for Wolff to have the DK in silver? I personally think this sounds more like his career, even though he was commander of military forces in Italy. Another point I would like to make is that he was not awarded the RK, and I have never heard or seen otherwise. Thanks for your time.

[all1knew]

SS general Karl Wolff - not Wolf

Some glaring irregularities pointed out by Peter Kane, whom is very familiar with Wolff and his career. 1) Wolff was not the highest ranking SS officer to survive the war as this honour went jointly to SS-Oberstgruppenführer Paul Hausser, Sepp Dietrich and Franz Xaver Schwarz. You could also include Daluege who was not executed until late 1946.2) Mengele was never known as the "White Angel". He has been referred to as the "Angel of Death" in some post-war works.3) Wolff was never in command of an Einsatzgruppe on the Eastern Front.4) Wolff was not allowed to wear full military uniform at Nürnberg. He was allowed to wear his badges of rank - epaulettes.5) Adolf Eichmann was not present at the Nürnberg Tribunals.6) To suggest that nearly all criminals tried at Nürnberg were executed is totally wrong. The vast majority received prison sentences.7) Wolff could not have joined the Waffen-SS in 1931 as it did not thenexist. He first joined the Allgemeine-SS and attended the SA Leadership School (as confirmed by the rune on the upper left sleeve).8) Heinrich Himmler was never at the Nürnberg trials and was not convicted of any crime. He committed suicide in British captivity on May 23rd 1945. Surely Peter is correct on most of his statements.The information obtained about the SS enlistment date came from very good sources, but it does not make sense.Also, the German cross in gold came from very good sources, but it does not make sense. So, in all of this we have to separate the truth from the word of mouth. I hope you all enjoyed this.

[Tony Barto]

Hi Mr. Kramer;

Thank you for the information that you have provided and please do post the pix that you have. As a side note, I know where some of Wolff's artifacts including at least one tunic and several documents currently reside.

[all1knew]

Karl Wolff

Hi Mr. Kramer;

Thank you for the information that you have provided and please do post the pix that you have. As a side note, I know where some of Wolff's artifacts including at least one tunic and several documents currently reside.

Tony,

Thank you sir. If you could provide me with an e-mail I will gladly reply with some photos. Otherwise, how do I post images in this forum? Do you have a link for me so I can pay a fee? Please let me know either way. Thank you for your interest.

William Kramer

all1knew@yahoo.com

[David S]

Karl Wolff is indeed a fascinating character.

Some of his uniforms are featured in volume 3 of Uniforms of the Waffen SS by Michael Beaver . . . great uniforms and great books.

Karl Wolff had the last laugh before he died. In 1983 he gave credence to the Hitler Diaries forged by Konrad Kujau. Gerd Heidemann used Wolff as a source to authenticate the diaries.

[W. C. Stump]

Karl Wolff

Here is a picture of the SS Gen. compliments of a Google search.

[all1knew]

Karl Wolff

The above photo of Wolff is one where he is standing in front of a pow camp. Hope this helps!

Bill

[all1knew]

Wolff images_1

Enjoy all!

Thanks for viewing.

William Kramer

P.S. Let's see if it even works as I am very new to posting photos.

[all1knew]

Wolff images_2

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Thanks for viewing.

William Kramer

[all1knew]

Enjoy all!

Thanks for viewing.

William Kramer