10 Facts About Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch

Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch was a German SS and police official during the Nazi era, who served on the personal staff of Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS.

Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch became the police commander in Osnabruck and Magdeburg.

In June 1933, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch became an Oberstleutnant in the National Police Regiment at Frankfurt an der Oder and from May 1936 he was the Inspector General of Police schools, being promoted to Generalmajor in the Ordnungspolizei in May 1937.

In March 1939 Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch joined the SS and served on the Personal Staff Reichsfuhrer-SS, command staff of Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS.

In October 1943, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch was appointed commander of the newly formed VI SS Army Corps, a paper command over the two Latvian Waffen-SS divisions.

Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch was promoted to SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen-SS und Polizei.

In December 1944 Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch was appointed commander of the IX SS Mountain Corps, stationed in Budapest, Hungary.

Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch was in command of the German forces during the Battle of Budapest from 24 December 1944 to 11 February 1945.

Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch was awarded the Knight's Cross on 11 January 1945 and the Oak Leaves on 1 February 1945.

Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch was killed in a traffic accident on 29 January 1971 at Bielefeld.