Alfred Wünnenberg

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 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. He was a infantry soldier in the Prussian Army from 1913–1919 and an officer in the Reichsheer from 1921–1930s, and later became an officer and General in the Orpo and Waffen-SS during the 1940s.

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) Oak Leaves on 23 April 1942 as SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Police, and commander of SS-Polizei-Division

Ranks in the Orpo and SS Oberfuhrer (senior colonel or brigadier); 1940–1941 Brigadefuhrer (brigadier-general or major-general); 1941–1942 Gruppenfuhrer (major-general or Lt-general); 1942–1943 Obergruppenführer (Lt-general or general); 1943–1945