27 November 1893 Bornhöved, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
2 September 1982 (age 88) Hamburg, West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Schutzstaffel
Years of service
1909-1923 1931-1945
Rank
SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of Police
Commands held
SS and Police Leader, "Charkov;" "Shitomir" (Acting); "Stalino-Donezgebeit;" "Oberitalien-West"
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Awards
Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class German Cross in Gold War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class with Swords
Willy Tensfeld (27 November 1893 – 2 September 1982) was a German SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Police. He served in several SS and Police Leader positions in occupied Ukraine and Italy during the Second World War.
WillyTensfeld (27 November 1893 – 2 September 1982) was a German SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Police. He served in several SS and Police Leader...
held instead in Padua between April and June 1947 for SS-Brigadeführer WillyTensfeld, Navy Kapitänleutnant Waldemar Krumhaar, the 26th Panzer Division's...
Italien* Karl Brunner September 1943 – May 1945 Charkow Russland-Süd WillyTensfeld Hans Haltermann Günther Merk August 1941 – May 1943 May 1943 – September...
Brunner was appointed as SS and Police Leader in Bolzano, South Tyrol, WillyTensfeld in Monza for upper and western Italy and Karl-Heinz Bürger was placed...
Adolf Strauss, Generaloberst Kurt Student, Luftwaffe Generaloberst WillyTensfeld, SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma...
Czechoslovakia and hanged in Dablice, Prague on September 18, 1945. WillyTensfeld – SS and Police Leader "Oberitalien-West," he was charged with war crimes...
Brunner was appointed as SS and Police Leader in Bolzano, South Tyrol, WillyTensfeld in Monza for upper and western Italy and Karl-Heinz Bürger was placed...
underground SS forces in Austria, 1934–1937 6786 27 December 1930 301453 WillyTensfeld SS and Police Leader "Charkov;" "Stalino-Donezgebiet;" "Oberitalien-West;"...
Brunner was appointed as SS and Police Leader in Bolzano, South Tyrol, WillyTensfeld in Monza for upper and western Italy and Karl-Heinz Bürger was placed...
was transferred to become SSPF in Charkow on 19 May 1943, succeeding WillyTensfeld. He served there until September 1943 when he replaced Franz Kutschera...