Karl Wolff
SS general
Died when: 84 years 65 days (1010 months)Star Sign: Taurus
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, apparently as a result of his participation in Operation Sunrise.In 1962, Wolff was prosecuted in West Germany for the deportation of Italian 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.
