Ludolf Jakob von Alvensleben | |
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 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 |
| Born | 9 August 1899 Wittenmoor, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 23 August 1953 (age 54) Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Service | Imperial German Army Schutzstaffel Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1916–1919 1932–1945 |
| Rank | Leutnant SS-Standartenführer Sturmbannführer (Waffen-SS) |
| Commands | SS and Police Leader, "Friaul;" Adriatisches West |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Iron 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.