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Alfred Wunnenberg

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Years of service
  
1913–45

Service number
  
NSDAP #2,222,600

Name
  
Alfred Wunnenberg


Alfred Wunnenberg

Born
  
20 July 1891 Sarrebourg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire now Sarrebourg, Lorraine, France (
1891-07-20
)

Died
  
30 December 1963(1963-12-30) (aged 72) Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Waffen SS Ordnungspolizei

Rank
  
SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen-SS

Alfred Wünnenberg (20 July 1891 – 30 December 1963) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS and the police of Nazi Germany. He commanded of 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).

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 February 1915) & 1st Class (9 September 1915)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 June 1940) & 1st Class (21 August 1941)
  • 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
  • Oak Leaves on 23 April 1942 as SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Police, and commander of SS-Polizei-Division

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