Rohweder, Hellmut

Date of birth:: January 17th, 1914 (Hagen/Western Phalia, Germany)
Date of death:: February 9th, 2008 (Flintbek-Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Hellmut Rohweder finally reched the rank of Korvettenkapitän during the Second World War and served after the war with the Bundeswehr, where he finally reached the rank of Kapitän zur See.

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)
Unit:: Leitender Ingenieur U 514 / 10.Unterseebootflottille
Awarded on:: August 7th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)
Unit:: L.I U 69 /L.I U 514
Awarded on:: November 14th, 1943

Awarded the Knight’s Cross for conducting emergency measures which saved his damaged U-Boat from sinking.

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: April 12th, 1941

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: March 8th, 1940

Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre

Awarded on:: June 1st, 1936

U-boot Kriegsabzeichen (ohne Brillianten)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1940

U-Boots-Frontspange in Bronze

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: October 20th, 1944

Sources

Photo 1: GMIC
Photo: Grodon Williamson Gentlemen’s Military Interest Club
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Gentlemen’s Military Interest Club
- Axis History Forum