Karl Ullrich
| Karl Ullrich | |
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| Born | 1 December 1910 |
| Died | 8 May 1996 (aged 85) |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Waffen-SS
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| Years of service | 1934–45 |
| Rank | Oberführer |
| Service number |
NSDAP #715,727 SS #31,438 |
| Unit | SS Division Totenkopf |
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Karl Ullrich (1 December 1910 – 8 May 1996) was a high-ranking member in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, who was the last commander of the and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Following the war, he authored an apologist account of the SS Division Totenkopf.
Born in 1910, Ullrich joined joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe in 1934. He transferred to the SS Division Totenkopf on the Eastern Front in 1941. He was given command of the for the final battles of the war in Hungary. A short time before the end of the war he was promoted to Oberführer and he surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945.
After the war, Ullrich wrote the book Like a Cliff in the Ocean: A History of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf" in which he claimed that only a single member of the Totenkopf division ever committed a war crime. In reality, the division committed war crimes in Poland and France.
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