Operation Sunrise was a series of World War II secret negotiations from February to May 1945 between representatives of Nazi Germany and the United States to arrange a local surrender of German forces
SS General Karl Wolff's Proxy of Surrender for northern Italy, 2 May 1945
British Aid To Partisans in Northern Italy, April – May 1945. The Western Allies' protection of Karl Wolff threatened to bring them into conflict with the Partisans.
Eugen Dollmann was a German diplomat and member of the SS.
Left to right: Kurt Daluege, General Palma, Dollmann
from left to right: Italian Police officer Arturo Bocchini, Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorf, Kurt Daluege, Dollmann (as Himmler's representative in Rome), General Palma.