National Socialist Career
Alvensleben became a member of the Reichstag in 1933; on April 5, 1934, he became commander of the 46th SS Regiment in Dresden. Later on, Alvensleben was made first adjutant of the Reichsführer SS. His career continued with appointments to commander of the SS and police in Crimea and commander of the Selbstschutz (“Self-Defense”) paramilitary forces of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia, presiding over mass executions during Intelligenzaktion in Pomerania in "Fordon Valley of Death", mass murders in Piaśnica and other atrocities.
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