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Also known as Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff

German Waffen-SS Army general and Nazi military war criminal from Germany (1900-1984)

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Karl Wolff, born Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff on 13 May 1900 in Darmstadt, was a German soldier, military officer, merchant, and politician. He served in the Waffen-SS as a general with the rank of Obergruppenführer, held the position of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS, and was a member of the Schutzstaffel and the Nazi Party. He owed allegiance to Nazi Germany and participated in the First World War, on the Western Front, and in the Second World War, including the Italian campaign.

He received the Golden Party Badge, the War Merit Cross, the Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918, and the Nazi Party Long Service Award. He was convicted of crime against humanity. Wolff died on 15 July 1984 in Rosenheim.

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Works
11

Top works

  • Denkschrift zu der fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier des Catharinenstiftes in Stuttgart
  • Alles Nebel oder was
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  • Historischer Schul-Atlas Zur Alten, Mittleren Neueren Geschichte

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Germany
Active from
1998
electronic

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66,224
Total plays
696,598

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Carl Abou Samah (in Arabic كارل أبو سمح; born in Beirut, Lebanon on April 18, 1979) is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal (QC), Canada. He is better known by his stage name Karl Wolf. He has been a singer, songwriter and producer since 2001, releasing his first solo album Face Behind the Face on MapleNationwide/Universal in January 2006, followed by a second album Bite the Bullet in November 2007. His third album Nightlife was released on November 17, 2009. <a href="https://www.

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Quotes

  • My Führer, if it's not possible for you to give me a date for the wonder weapons, we Germans must approach the Anglo-Americans and seek peace.
  • My Führer, I know, it is obvious from interrogations for one thing and from evidence I have from my particular field, that there are naturally differences among these unnatural Allies, but please do not be offended if I say that I do not believe the alliance will split up of itself without our own active intervention. Before that happens we shall be dead or beaten to the ground, and that must not happen — we must do something first.
  • If you repeat to the Führer the story of the radio message from your agent, I won't go to the gallows alone. You and the Reichsführer will hang beside me.
  • I was understandably deeply disappointed that the highest National Socialist leaders did not stand up and answer for the deeds they had done in the past and left those of us who could not be made personally responsible in the lurch.

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Key facts

Born
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff , ( 1900-05-13 ) 13 May 1900, Darmstadt , Grand Duchy of Hesse , German Empire
Died
16 July 1984 (1984-07-16) (aged 84), Rosenheim , Bavaria , West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire , Nazi Germany
Service years
1917–1918, 1931–1945
Rank
SS- Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS
Unit
Schutzstaffel
Commands
Chief, Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS , Supreme SS and Police Leader , occupied Italy
Conflicts
World War I , World War II
Awards
Iron Cross , 1st and 2nd class, Clasp to the Iron Cross , 1st and 2nd class, German Cross in Gold
Relations
Fatima Grimm (daughter)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Otto
Family name
Wolff
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Darmstadt
Place of death
Rosenheim
Political party
Nazi Party
Languages spoken
German
Participant in
Pohl Trial
Military branch
Waffen-SS
Military rank
Obergruppenführer
Image
Karl Wolff, prosecution witness in the Pohl Trial.jpg
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Commons category
Karl Wolff
date of death
1984-07-17
date of birth
1900-05-13
name in native language
Karl Wolff
birth name
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff
allegiance
Nazi Germany
member of
Schutzstaffel
start of work period
1917-00-00
place of detention
Munich Prison
end of work period
1945-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 16 July 1984) was a senior German Schutzstaffel (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 arrested in West Germany and prosecuted for the deportation of Polish Jews. In 1964, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an accessory to murder. He was released in 1971 and died 13 years later.

Early life and career

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