Alfred Wünnenberg
__NOTOC__ 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 of 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). Awards and decorations * Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 February 1915) & 1st Class (9 September 1915)Thomas 1998, p. 460. * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 June 1940) & 1st Class (21 August 1941) * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves **Knight's Cross on 15 November 1941 as SS-''Standartenführer'' and ''Oberst'' of the '' Schupo'', and commander of SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 3Scherzer 2007, p. 798. **Oak Leaves on 23 April 1942 as SS-'' Brigadeführer'' and ''Generalmajor ...
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Ordnungspolizei
The ''Ordnungspolizei'' (), abbreviated ''Orpo'', meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo organisation was absorbed into the Nazi monopoly on power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favour of the central Nazi government (" Reich-ification", ''Verreichlichung'', of the police). The Orpo was controlled nominally by the Interior Ministry, but its executive functions rested with the leadership of the '' SS'' until the end of World War II. Owing to their green uniforms, Orpo were also referred to as ''Grüne Polizei'' (green police). The force was first established as a centralised organisation uniting the municipal, city, and rural uniformed police that had been organised on a state-by-state basis. The ''Ordnungspolizei'' encompassed virtually all of Nazi Germany's law-enforcement and emergency response organisations, including fire brigades, coast guard, and civil defence. In the prewar period, Heinric ...
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