Alfred Wünnenberg

Alfred Wünnenberg
Chief of Order Police
In office 23 October 1943 – 23 May 1945
Leader	Heinrich Himmler as Chief of German Police
Preceded by	Kurt Daluege
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1891-07-20)20 July 1891 Saarburg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire
Died	30 December 1963(1963-12-30) (aged 72) Krefeld, West Germany
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Branch/service	Prussian Army  Reichsheer Waffen SS Ordnungspolizei
Years of service	1913–45
Rank	SS-Obergruppenführer, General der Polizei und General der Waffen-SS
Unit	IV SS Panzer Corps SS Polizei Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Alfred Wünnenberg (20 July 1891 – 30 December 1963) was a high-ranking German Nazi Military Army and Police commander in the Waffen-SS and the police of Nazi Germany. He commanded the SS Polizei Division between December 1941 and June 1943. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. On 10 June 1943, he was moved to command the IV SS Panzer Corps, where he remained until 31 August. That same year he became chief of the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo; uniformed police). After the war, Wünnenberg was interned in Dachau, Bavaria, but was released in 1947.[1] He was a infantry soldier in the Prussian Army from 1913-1919 and a Officer in the Reichsheer from 1921-1930’s and later became a Officer and a General in the Order Police and Waffen-SS in the 1940’s .

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 February 1915) & 1st Class (9 September 1915)[2]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 June 1940) & 1st Class (21 August 1941)[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 15 November 1941 as SS-Standartenführer and Oberst of the Schupo, and commander of SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 3[3]
  • Oak Leaves on 23 April 1942 as SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Police, and commander of SS-Polizei-Division[3]

Ranks in the Order Police and SS

Oberfuhrer (Senior Colonel or Brigadier) from 1940-1941

Brigadefuhrer (Brigadier-General or Major-General) from 1941-1942

Gruppenfuhrer (Major-General or Lt-General) from 1942-1943

Obergruppenführer (Lt-General or General) from 1943-1945

• List SS-Obergruppenführer

References

Citations

1. Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Fischer, Frankfurt 2005, S. 687 f.
2. Thomas 1998, p. 460.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 798.

Bibliography

• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of IV. SS-Panzerkorps 5 August 1943 – 23 October 1943	Succeeded by SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Krüger
Preceded by SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst der Polizei Kurt Daluege	Commander of the Ordnungspolizei 23 October 1943 – 23 May 1945	Succeeded by None