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	\|relations = ∞ 1923 Frieda von Römhild (1901–1988)<br />∞ 1943 Inge Christensen (1904–1983) <br /> 6 children<br />Helga Lili Wolff (Fatima Grimm), daughter (1934–2013)		\|relations = ∞ 1923 Frieda von Römhild (1901–1988)<br />∞ 1943 Inge Christensen (1904–1983) <br /> 6 children<br />Helga Lili Wolff (Fatima Grimm), daughter (1934–2013)
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	'''Karl "''Karele''" Friedrich Otto Wolff''' (b. 13 May 1900 [[Darmstadt]], [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]], [[German Empire]]; d. 17 July 1984 in [[Rosenheim]], [[Bavaria]], [[West Germany]]) was a [[Germans\|German]] officer of the [[Imperial German Army]], the [[Freikorps]], the preliminary [[Reichswehr]] and the [[Allgemeine SS]], as well as the [[Waffen-SS]], finally ''[[SS-Obergruppenführer]] und [[General der Waffengattung#Waffen-SS\|General]] der Waffen-SS'', but also member of the [[Reichstag]]. Actually, he is even Colonel General (''Generaloberst'') of the Waffen-SS,<ref>During several interviews in the 1970s, Wolff stated that on 20 April 1945 he had been granted a personal promotion by [[Adolf Hitler]] to the rank of [[SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer]]. During the filming of the World at War series, Wolff further showed to producers a display case showing the tri-pip collar insignia and shoulder boards of an SS-Colonel General. This late war promotion, however, is not annotated in Wolff's SS service record.</ref> but this promotion is still controversial towards the end of the war. He became Chief of Personal Staff for [[Heinrich Himmler]] and SS Liaison Officer to [[Hitler]] until 1943. After the war, Wolff stated that he had never, during the entire length of the war, been informed of [[the ~~Holocaust~~]], only in March 1945 had he heard the first rumors .		'''Karl "''Karele''" Friedrich Otto Wolff''' (b. 13 May 1900 [[Darmstadt]], [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]], [[German Empire]]; d. 17 July 1984 in [[Rosenheim]], [[Bavaria]], [[West Germany]]) was a [[Germans\|German]] officer of the [[Imperial German Army]], the [[Freikorps]], the preliminary [[Reichswehr]] and the [[Allgemeine SS]], as well as the [[Waffen-SS]], finally ''[[SS-Obergruppenführer]] und [[General der Waffengattung#Waffen-SS\|General]] der Waffen-SS'', but also member of the [[Reichstag]]. Actually, he is even Colonel General (''Generaloberst'') of the Waffen-SS,<ref>During several interviews in the 1970s, Wolff stated that on 20 April 1945 he had been granted a personal promotion by [[Adolf Hitler]] to the rank of [[SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer]]. During the filming of the World at War series, Wolff further showed to producers a display case showing the tri-pip collar insignia and shoulder boards of an SS-Colonel General. This late war promotion, however, is not annotated in Wolff's SS service record.</ref> but this promotion is still controversial towards the end of the war. He became Chief of Personal Staff for [[Heinrich Himmler]] and SS Liaison Officer to [[Hitler]] until 1943. After the war, Wolff stated that he had never, during the entire length of the war, been informed of [[the Holohoax]], only in March 1945 had he heard the first rumors .

	==Life==		==Life==
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	Wolff was again tried in West Germany in 1964 and was convicted of deporting 300,000 jews to [[Treblinka]] and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment on 30 September 1964. After his application for revision was rejected by the Federal Court of Justice (''Bundesgerichtshof'') in October 1965, the judgment became final. To serve his sentence, Wolff was transferred to the Straubing penitentiary. At the end of August 1969 he was released because he was "incapacitated by illness". Wolff stated at the [[Nuremberg show trials]] and also later, that he had disobeyed an order from Hitler to kidnap the [[Pope]] and instead warned him.		Wolff was again tried in West Germany in 1964 and was convicted of deporting 300,000 jews to [[Treblinka]] and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment on 30 September 1964. After his application for revision was rejected by the Federal Court of Justice (''Bundesgerichtshof'') in October 1965, the judgment became final. To serve his sentence, Wolff was transferred to the Straubing penitentiary. At the end of August 1969 he was released because he was "incapacitated by illness". Wolff stated at the [[Nuremberg show trials]] and also later, that he had disobeyed an order from Hitler to kidnap the [[Pope]] and instead warned him.

	==== ~~Holocaust~~ revisionism ====		==== Holohoax revisionism ====
	:''By August 1942 the massacre machinery was gathering momentum -- of such refinement and devilish ingenuity that from Himmler down to the ex-lawyers who ran the extermination camps perhaps only seventy men were aware of the truth.'' – ''Hitler's War'', in: "Viking Press", New York 1977], p. 393		:''By August 1942 the massacre machinery was gathering momentum -- of such refinement and devilish ingenuity that from Himmler down to the ex-lawyers who ran the extermination camps perhaps only seventy men were aware of the truth.'' – ''Hitler's War'', in: "Viking Press", New York 1977], p. 393

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	: "''In my brief conversation with him, I asked Irving who the approximately "seventy men" were who, in his opinion, knew about the existence of the extermination camps. I reminded him of the following passage from his ''Hitler's War'': Irving told me that it was General Karl Wolff, former SS-Obergruppenführer, who had mentioned that figure of approximately seventy men. Wolff had mentioned that figure in a study that can be found today at the Institut fuer Zeitgeschichte in Munich. I then asked Irving if there wasn't something strange about that. In point of fact, Karl Wolff, Himmler's Chief of Staff and liaison officer with Hitler, had never, during the entire length of the war, been informed of any such extermination program. It was only in April 1945 that he had heard it mentioned in Switzerland, over the radio, at the time of his negotiations over the surrender of the German troops in Italy. Irving stated his agreement with me on this point.''"<ref>A Challenge to David Irving http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v05/v05p289_faurisson.html</ref>		: "''In my brief conversation with him, I asked Irving who the approximately "seventy men" were who, in his opinion, knew about the existence of the extermination camps. I reminded him of the following passage from his ''Hitler's War'': Irving told me that it was General Karl Wolff, former SS-Obergruppenführer, who had mentioned that figure of approximately seventy men. Wolff had mentioned that figure in a study that can be found today at the Institut fuer Zeitgeschichte in Munich. I then asked Irving if there wasn't something strange about that. In point of fact, Karl Wolff, Himmler's Chief of Staff and liaison officer with Hitler, had never, during the entire length of the war, been informed of any such extermination program. It was only in April 1945 that he had heard it mentioned in Switzerland, over the radio, at the time of his negotiations over the surrender of the German troops in Italy. Irving stated his agreement with me on this point.''"<ref>A Challenge to David Irving http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v05/v05p289_faurisson.html</ref>

	David Irving in 1988 at the second of [[Ernst Zundel's ~~Holocaust~~ trials]]:		David Irving in 1988 at the second of [[Ernst Zundel's Holohoax trials]]:

	: "''In Irving's opinion, many of the witnesses at Nuremberg and other war crimes trials were unreliable. An example was Karl Wolff: "Major General Karl Wolff was the liaison officer between Hitler and Himmler, an SS general, a character I would describe as being a rather suave character who ended up, by reason of his personal favouritism with Himmler, in charge of the police units in northern Italy at the end of the war and as the military commander in that region, and largely in order to create an alibi, he then began negotiating with the American secret service in order to speed the surrender of the German troops in northern Italy...Wolff testified on many occasions over the years up to his death, frequently varying his testimony according to...which way he was being required to testify. He was always acutely aware of the fact that he had done a deal with the Americans whereby the Americans...promised him immunity and the subsequent West German government also promised him immunity from prosecution if he behaved in a certain way."''"<ref>The 'False News' Trial of Ernst Zündel -- 1988: David Irving: http://www.ihr.org/books/kulaszka/35irving.html</ref>		: "''In Irving's opinion, many of the witnesses at Nuremberg and other war crimes trials were unreliable. An example was Karl Wolff: "Major General Karl Wolff was the liaison officer between Hitler and Himmler, an SS general, a character I would describe as being a rather suave character who ended up, by reason of his personal favouritism with Himmler, in charge of the police units in northern Italy at the end of the war and as the military commander in that region, and largely in order to create an alibi, he then began negotiating with the American secret service in order to speed the surrender of the German troops in northern Italy...Wolff testified on many occasions over the years up to his death, frequently varying his testimony according to...which way he was being required to testify. He was always acutely aware of the fact that he had done a deal with the Americans whereby the Americans...promised him immunity and the subsequent West German government also promised him immunity from prosecution if he behaved in a certain way."''"<ref>The 'False News' Trial of Ernst Zündel -- 1988: David Irving: http://www.ihr.org/books/kulaszka/35irving.html</ref>
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[~~Holocaust_testimonial_evidence~~#Central_German_leadership\|~~Holocaust~~ testimonial evidence: Central German leadership]]		*[[Holohoax_testimonial_evidence#Central_German_leadership\|Holohoax testimonial evidence: Central German leadership]]

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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	\|caption = SS-Obergruppenführer Wolff		\|caption = SS-Obergruppenführer Wolff
	\|birth_place = [[Darmstadt]], [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]], [[German Empire]]		\|birth_place = [[Darmstadt]], [[Grand Duchy of Hesse]], [[German Empire]]
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	\|serviceyears = 1917–1918<br /> 1919–1920<br />1931–1945		\|serviceyears = 1917–1918<br /> 1919–1920<br />1931–1945
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	==Life==		==Life==

	[[File:Karl-wolff-heinrich-himmler-reinhard-heydrich.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|305px\|From left to right: SS-Brigadeführer Karl Wolff, Reichsführer SS [[Heinrich Himmler]] and SS-Gruppenführer [[Reinhard Heydrich]]]]		[[File:Karl-wolff-heinrich-himmler-reinhard-heydrich.png\|thumb\|305px\|From left to right: SS-Brigadeführer Karl Wolff, Reichsführer SS [[Heinrich Himmler]] and SS-Gruppenführer [[Reinhard Heydrich]]]]
	[[File:Naming ceremony for Thorisman Heinrich Karl Reinhard Wolff, 1937.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|305px\|Naming ceremony through [[Weisthor]] for Thorisman Heinrich Karl Reinhard Wolff, 1937]]		[[File:Naming ceremony for Thorisman Heinrich Karl Reinhard Wolff, 1937.png\|thumb\|305px\|Naming ceremony through [[Weisthor]] for Thorisman Heinrich Karl Reinhard Wolff, 1937]]
	[[File:SS-Gruppenführer Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|305px\|SS-Gruppenführer Karl Wolff (with the collar tabs before 1942)]]		[[File:SS-Gruppenführer Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff.png\|thumb\|305px\|SS-Gruppenführer Karl Wolff (with the collar tabs before 1942)]]
	[[File:Richard Schulze, Heinrich Himmler und Karl Wolff bei einem Spaziergang 1941 in der Wolfsschanze.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|305px\|[[Richard Schulze]], [[Heinrich Himmler]] and Karl Wolff 1942 in the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrerhauptquartier_%E2%80%9EWolfsschanze%E2%80%9C ''Führerhauptquartier "Wolfsschanze"''].]]		[[File:Richard Schulze, Heinrich Himmler und Karl Wolff bei einem Spaziergang 1941 in der Wolfsschanze.png\|thumb\|305px\|[[Richard Schulze]], [[Heinrich Himmler]] and Karl Wolff 1942 in the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BChrerhauptquartier_%E2%80%9EWolfsschanze%E2%80%9C ''Führerhauptquartier "Wolfsschanze"''].]]
	[[File:Karl Wolff's 2nd wife with their son Widukind.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|305px\|Karl Wolff's 2nd wife with their son Widukind]]		[[File:Karl Wolff's 2nd wife with their son Widukind.png\|thumb\|305px\|Karl Wolff's 2nd wife with their son Widukind]]
	[[File:Karl-wolff-postwar-1955.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|305px\|Wolff, 1955]]		[[File:Karl-wolff-postwar-1955.png\|thumb\|305px\|Wolff, 1955]]
	[[File:Mit Wissen Hitlers. Meine Geheimverhandlungen über eine Teilkapitulation in Italien 1945, Karl Wolff.~~jpg~~\|right\|315px]]		[[File:Mit Wissen Hitlers. Meine Geheimverhandlungen über eine Teilkapitulation in Italien 1945, Karl Wolff.png\|right\|315px]]
	[[File:Karl Wolff III.png\|thumb\|305px\|Obituary]]		[[File:Karl Wolff III.png\|thumb\|305px\|Obituary]]
	Karl Wolff was the son of a district court judge. Brought up [[agnostically]], although baptized as a Protestant, after the family spent two years in Schwerte, they returned to Darmstadt where Wolff was educated at the local Catholic school. From an early age he had a desire to join the military and become an officer. As a student at the Ludwig-Georgs-[[Gymnasium]] in Darmstadt, he voluntarily completed a two-year pre-military training course with the National Youth Armed Forces (''Nationale Jugendwehr'').		Karl Wolff was the son of a district court judge. Brought up [[agnostically]], although baptized as a Protestant, after the family spent two years in Schwerte, they returned to Darmstadt where Wolff was educated at the local Catholic school. From an early age he had a desire to join the military and become an officer. As a student at the Ludwig-Georgs-[[Gymnasium]] in Darmstadt, he voluntarily completed a two-year pre-military training course with the National Youth Armed Forces (''Nationale Jugendwehr'').

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	At the [[Nuremberg trials]], Wolff was not prosecuted in exchange for his role in Italy and for appearing as a witness for the prosecution. The Americans finally handed him over to the British in January 1948, who continued to imprison him in Minden. In 1948, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment by a "[[denazification]]" court. The court of appeals appealed to by Wolff overturned the verdict on 6 March 1949 and reduced the sentence to four years in prison in June 1949, which had since been served.		At the [[Nuremberg trials]], Wolff was not prosecuted in exchange for his role in Italy and for appearing as a witness for the prosecution. The Americans finally handed him over to the British in January 1948, who continued to imprison him in Minden. In 1948, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment by a "[[denazification]]" court. The court of appeals appealed to by Wolff overturned the verdict on 6 March 1949 and reduced the sentence to four years in prison in June 1949, which had since been served.

	Wolff was again tried in West Germany in 1964 and was convicted of deporting 300,000 ~~Jews~~ to [[Treblinka]] and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment on 30 September 1964. After his application for revision was rejected by the Federal Court of Justice (''Bundesgerichtshof'') in October 1965, the judgment became final. To serve his sentence, Wolff was transferred to the Straubing penitentiary. At the end of August 1969 he was released because he was "incapacitated by illness". Wolff stated at the [[Nuremberg show trials]] and also later, that he had disobeyed an order from Hitler to kidnap the [[Pope]] and instead warned him.		Wolff was again tried in West Germany in 1964 and was convicted of deporting 300,000 jews to [[Treblinka]] and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment on 30 September 1964. After his application for revision was rejected by the Federal Court of Justice (''Bundesgerichtshof'') in October 1965, the judgment became final. To serve his sentence, Wolff was transferred to the Straubing penitentiary. At the end of August 1969 he was released because he was "incapacitated by illness". Wolff stated at the [[Nuremberg show trials]] and also later, that he had disobeyed an order from Hitler to kidnap the [[Pope]] and instead warned him.

	==== Holocaust revisionism ====		==== Holocaust revisionism ====

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