SUMMARY OF HEADQUARTERS TRACES ON SS GENERAL KARL WOLFF

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00902796
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: October 23, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2023
• Case Number: F-2022-01506
• Publication Date: February 27, 1945

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Sumnar7 of Headqavart,rs traces on.. SS Genentl Karl
SS No. 14,235 leitzr Party No. 696/131
- Subject was born on 13 May 1900 in Darmstadt/Germany.
From 1918 to 1920/ Subject was a Ltentenarrt in the Heissiche Freikanps.
Subject is alleged to have .grown up as an An Officer in Military
Espionage. From.Harch to June 1933 Subject was adjutant to General
von EPP.. He was head of the personal staff of the RFSS (Reich :Commander
of the SS) from at least June 19142 and often visited s Headquarters
during 19141-1942. In August 1942 the Subject is reported to have visited
Finland with HIMMER. In December 19/42 Subject was reported to have been
with the RS.HA ( Main Office State and. Party Security). At this time it
is believed. that WalFF owned a Villa on Lake Como and a castle near Berlin.
In a dispatch dated 27 February 1916 the following
was reported:
SS Obergruppenfuhrer Karl Wolff has been appointed highest
SS and Police Chief for the rear areas in Italy by HIMLER. His rank
corresponds to that of an Army Group Commander. There are rumors in
German diplomatic circles that WOLFF may succeed von RIBBENTBAP who
is at odds with RIMER. Since WOLFF has been chief of the SS and
the Polio in Italy for some time, it may be considered that he has been
promoted to Oberstgruppenfuhrer and placed on the same level of
command with KESSELRING.
In numerous documents at Headquarters it has also
been reported that WOLFF was instrumental in negotiating the early
surrender of the German Army in Northern Italy. These negotiations
were conducted between General WOLFF and SS Colonel DOLLMAIN on
one hand and DULLES in Switzerland on the other. Tk As an intermediary
in these negotiations the Germans utilized a Baron Luigi pARIVILT.Ts
a well-known German intelligence agent.
Very little intonation, derogatory or otherwise,
could be found on WOLFF in Headquarters filesoince 1916. One reason
is the fact that from 19/6 to 1949 WOLFF was interned by the American
military authorities. The latest document mentioning WOLFF is dated
16 /larch 1953,, and is addressed frog( E- _7 , Chief to the mi.
In the memos jstates that he is returning a letter which had
previously been sent to the Director by Karl WOLFF. In the letter,
WOLFF stated that he had collaborated with DOLLMON in preparing
an article to be published in the near future - ling with the 1916
surrender of the German Army. DOLLMANN has been barred from Germany since th
the end of the war, and lived since that time in Switzerland, Austria
Italy, and most .recent/y,,Spain. He has been under frequent attack
Particularly by communist groups for alleged neo-Nazi activities. Traces
on Wolff reveal vex* little current intonation as he has lived in
Pelative retirement since the end of the war.
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