Date of birth:

December 22nd, 1903 (Regensburg/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

October 7th, 1986 (Flensburg/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)

Unit:

Chef 2.Minensuchflottille

Awarded on:

December 31st, 1941

The following press article (dated 07.01.1942) describes why Rehm would receive the Knight’s Cross…

“Korvettenkapitän Rehm, commander of a minesweeper flotilla, has successfully carried his assigned tasks with boldness and prudence. His great personal bravery (evident in many battles) and his outstanding leadership have enabled him to achieve these successes, which have been of great importance for the naval war in the West.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 21st, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 20th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 12th, 1944

• Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
  
• - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1996.
  - 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
  - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945