Date of birth:

April 17th, 1893 (Hannover/Lower Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

September 6th, 1945 (Windmere/Cumberland, England)

Nationality:

German

Maximilian von Herff died on 6th September 1945 in British captivity as SS-Obergruppenführer / General der Waffen-SS. His last position during the Second World War was Chef des Personalamtes der Waffen-SS.

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