Albert Frey (16 February 1913 – 1 September 2003) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era.

He was born in Heidelberg, in the German Empire, on 16 February 1913, the son of the master baker Heinrich Frey and his wife Therese.

Commercial apprenticeship in the wine shop Straßenbach Heidelberg (broken off due to the death of his father), then employed as an assistant in various Heidelberg companies, at the same time further training in the commercial profession by attending evening courses and self-study, then 1 year trainee in the insurance office Freiherr von Petersdorff in Heidelberg, then from 1927 Employee in the correspondence department of the district office of the Nuremberg Life Insurance Bank in Mannheim.

On 20 April 1939, he was again promoted to SS-Obersturmführer, and given command of the 9th company of the Leibstandarte, for the Poland Campaign and the Battle of France.

With this battalion, he had a decisive impact on the subsequent battle, capturing a bridge over the Mius north of Taganrog.

For his achievements during the battle between the Donetz and Dnieper at the beginning of 1943, he was awarded the Knight's of the Iron Cross, and a short time later he was appointed commander of the 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment.

He quickly returned to the Eastern Front for the Battle of Kursk where he commanded a battle group, consisting of his regiment, a Panther tank Battalion, an assault gun Company and an artillery Battalion, which fought in the Kiev region.