Georg Wolff (journalist)


Georg Wolff
Born2 February 1914
Died1996
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branch Schutzstaffel
RankSS-Hauptsturmführer
Battles / warsWorld War II
Other workEditor at Der Spiegel

Georg Wolff (14 February 1914 – 1996) was a German SS Hauptsturmführer and journalist. During the Second World War, Wolff was a Head of Division III for the Sicherheitspolizei command in Oslo. He was later a leading editor for news magazine Der Spiegel, from 1952 until his retirement in 1978. It was in this latter capacity that Wolff, along with Rudolf Augstein, conducted the 1966 interview with Martin Heidegger, "Only a God Can Save Us".