Karl Wolff
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.
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