Gustav Adolf von Wulffen

Gustav Adolf von Wulffen (born 18 April 1878 in Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – died 4 May 1945) was a German general and Nazi.

Wulffen served as an officer in the German Imperial Army during First World War.[1] On 21 April 1918 he was awarded the Pour le Mérite.[2]

After the war he worked as a salesman and became involved in right-wing politics by joining the Hamburger Nationalklub, a Hamburg-based group for rightist businessmen.[1] Around this time he also took out membership in the Sturmabteilung and the Nazi Party.[1] In June 1933 he was one of only three men hired by the newly established Office of the Deputy Führer. Here he held the rank of Politischer Leiter, a functionary in the Nazi Party, a rank also held by his co-workers Martin Bormann and Alfred Leitgen.[3]

Later switching to the Schutzstaffel he transferred to the staff of the Reichsführer-SS and eventually obtained the Brigadeführer in that organisation.[4] Called up to the Wehrmacht as a Generalmajor towards the end of the Second World War he died after being wounded in action.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dietrich Orlow, The History of the Nazi Party 1933-1945 Volume 2, David & Charles, 1973, p. 78
  2. ↑ Winkler, Gretchen; von Tiedemann, K. M. (2012). "Pour le Mérite". pourlemerite.org. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ Orlow, p. 77
  4. 1 2 "Gustav Adolf von Wulffen". balsi.de. 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2012.(German)


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