Date of birth:

August 4th, 1914 (Bad Godesberg/Bonn, Germany)

Date of death:

May 14th, 2007 (Aachen, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

3. / Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 540

Awarded on:

January 23rd, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer 3. / Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 540

Awarded on:

February 8th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 20./21.03.1943) describes why Wolff was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberleutnant Wolff and his Kompanie were deployed in the thick of the battle south of Lake Ladoga. Over the course of 6 days he and his men repulsed 13 major enemy attacks.”

• Photo 1: Dobri Dobrev
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 78/79)