Ludolf Jakob von Alvensleben

Ludolf Jakob von Alvensleben
Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz leaders in Bydgoszcz: SS-Standartenführer Ludolf Jakob von Alvensleben, SS-Obersturmbannführer Erich Spaarmann, SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. Hans Kölzow and SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Schnug
Nickname(s)Ludi
Born9 August 1899
Wittenmoor, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died23 August 1953 (age 54)
Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance German Empire
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchImperial German Army
Schutzstaffel
Waffen-SS
Years of service1916–1919
1932–1945
RankLeutnant
SS-Standartenführer
Sturmbannführer (Waffen-SS)
CommandsSS and Police Leader, "Friaul;"
Adriatisches West
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsIron Cross, 2nd class
Clasp to the Iron Cross, 2nd class
War Merit Cross, 2nd class with Swords

Ludolf Jakob von Alvensleben (9 August 1899 – 23 August 1953) was a German SS-Standartenführer who during the Second World War served as a senior staff member of Operation Reinhard, by which Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler planned to systematically murder the Jews of Europe. Alvensleben ended the war as the SS and Police Leader (SSPF) for Adria-West in Northern Italy/South Tyrol. He avoided prosecution after the war, but died in an automobile accident in 1953.