Background
Alfred Wünnenberg was born on 20 July 1891 at Saarburg/ Sarrebourg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany.
Alfred Wünnenberg was born on 20 July 1891 at Saarburg/ Sarrebourg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany.
He was selected for pilot training in June 1916 which was completed in August 1917, afterwards he was posted to the 47th Flying Division (Fliegerabteilung 47) as a reconnaissance pilot.
In February 1913 he joined the army and served in the 56th Infantry Regiment and was soon promoted to Unteroffizier. He took part in and served on the Western Front and was severely wounded in September 1914. In January 1915 he was promoted to lieutenant, and given command of the 8th Company, 255th Infantry Regiment.
After the end of the War, he served on the eastern border in Upper Silesia as part of the free corps, after his promotion to captain, he left the army in September 1920, to be a lieutenant of the Prussian police unit
In April 1920 he was in command of the dog platoon at the Police School in Essen and was from February 1920 to April 1921 made an instructor at the police school in Potsdam. Then in February 1924 he took over command of the police dog unit, this was followed by further postings to the police schools in Krefeld (1926) and Cologne (1928).
In May 1928 he was in charge of police administration serving in Berlin, Charlottenburg. In May 1933 he joined the NSDAP, and issued the party number 2,222,600.
From August 1933 he commanded the guard police in Beuthen, in February 1935 in Saarbrücken, in October 1937 Bremen and Mannheim.
In December 1938, he moved to the staff of the police inspector of Stuttgart. I Wünneberg joined the Steamship and was given the Steamship service number 405 898. On 2 October 1939 he became the commander of the 3rd Polizei Schützen Regiment with the rank of Standartenführer.
With this regiment, he took on the Battle of France and the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 Operation Barbarossa when on 15 November 1941 he was awarded the Knight"s Cross.
In December 1941 he took over the command of the 4th Steamship Polizei Division from Walter Krüger. In recognition of the heavy fighting the unit was involved in on 23 April 1942 he was promoted to Steamship-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei and awarded the Oakleaves to the Knight"s Cross.
On 10 June 1943, he was moved to command the IV Steamship Panzer Corps, where he remained until 31 August. Afterwards he became chief of the Ordnungspolizei.
This post he held up to the end of the war.
Alfred Wünnenberg died on 30 December 1963 in Krefeld. Bibliography.
Schutzstaffel.