Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (4 September 1891 – 9 January 1963) was a general in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Fridolin Rudolph von Senger und Etterlin was born on 4 September 1891, in Waldshut near the Swiss border.

[1] When the German forces in Italy surrendered 4 May 1945, General Heinrich von Vietinghoff feared Italian partisans would attempt to kill him if he made the trip to the Allied headquarters in Florence, so he sent Senger in his place.

[3] In 1950, Senger was one of the authors of the Himmerod memorandum which addressed the issue of rearmament (Wiederbewaffnung) of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II.

"[5] He was the father of Bundeswehr General and military author Ferdinand Maria von Senger und Etterlin (1923–1987).