Gustav Adolf Von Wulffen
Gustav Adolf von Wulffen (18 April 1878 – 4 May 1945) was a Nazi Germany, German highly decorated officer in the Wehrmacht with the rank of Generalmajor and Allgemeine SS, SS-Officer with the rank of SS-Brigadeführer. He was decorated with the highest prussian decoration for bravery, ''Pour le Mérite'' on April 21, 1918, as Battalion Commander. Early career Von Wulffen was born on April 18, 1878, in Gotha as the son of German Imperial Army lieutenant general, Gustav Adolf Alexander Ferdinand von Wulffen and his wife Klara Wilhelmine Christiane Hauff. He studied at the Gymnasium (school), Gymnasiums in Meiningen, Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main, but was sent to the Cadet Corps, military school for boys in Potsdam, in March 1891. Von Wulffen later attended the Main Cadet Corps Academy in Berlin Groß-Lichterfelde and graduated in March 1897. He was commissioned Second lieutenant in ''Infanterie-Regiment “Graf Bose“ (1. Thüringisches) Nr. 31''. He was appointed battalions a ...
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