Alfred Wünnenberg

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{{Short description|German Nazi, head of the SS Police Division and the Ordnungspolizei, SS-Obergruppenführer}}

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| name = Alfred Wünnenberg

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 121-1395, Alfred Wünnenberg.jpg

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| caption = Wünnenberg in 1942

| office = Chief of Order Police

| term_start = 23 October 1943

| term_end = 23 May 1945

| leader = Heinrich Himmler {{small|as Chief of German Police}}

| predecessor = Kurt Daluege

| successor = Office abolished

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|7|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Saarburg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|12|30|1891|7|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Krefeld, West Germany

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| allegiance = {{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
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| branch = {{army|Prussia}}
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{{flagicon|Schutzstaffel}} Waffen SS
{{flagicon image|Ordnungspolizei flag.svg}} Ordnungspolizei

| serviceyears = 1913–1945

| rank = SS-Obergruppenführer, General der Polizei und General der Waffen-SS

| unit = IV SS Panzer Corps
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| mawards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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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.Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Fischer, Frankfurt 2005, S. 687 f. 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.