Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Military person

Karl Pfeffer Wildenbruch (12 June 1888 – 29 January 1971) was a staff officer of the German General Staff during World War I and an Obergruppenführer General der Waffen-SS und der Polizei, during World War II. He commanded the 4th SS Polizei Division and the VI SS Army Corps and the IX SS Mountain Corps; he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

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Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch
Birth dateJune 12, 1888
Birth place
German Empire , Rüdersdorf
Date of deathJanuary 29, 1971
Place of death
West Germany , Bielefeld

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allegiance
Nazi Germany
German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
award
Wound Badge
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Iron Cross
SS-Ehrenring
Sudetenland Medal
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Anschluss Medal
military operations
World War II
World War I
military branch
Waffen-SS
German Army (German Empire)
Ordnungspolizei
military unit
IX SS Mountain Corps
4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division
VI SS Army Corps (Latvian)
service start1907
service end1945

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