Date of birth:

September 14th, 1890 (Hanau am Main/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)

Date of death:

February 13th, 1952 (Norden/Lowersaxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (12 Apr 1910);
Leutnant zur See (19 Sep 1912);
Oberleutnant zur See (08 Apr 1917);
Kapitänleutnant (21 Jan 1920);
Korvettenkapitän (01 Jan 1928);
Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1933);
Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1934);
April 1st, 1939: Konteradmiral;
April 1st, 1941: Vizeadmiral;
September 1st, 1942: Admiral.

Career:
1909: Kaiserliche Marine;
August 1st, 1938 - April 11th, 1939: Festungskommandant Pillau;
April 12th, 1939 - January 12th, 1940: Küstenbefehlshaber östliche Ostsee;
January 13th, 1940 - July 25th, 1940: Küstenbefehlshaber Ostfriesland;
?: Marinebefehlshaber Kanalküste;
April 5th, 1941 - June 30th, 1941: Chef der Deutschen Marinemission in Rumänien;
July 1st, 1941 - May 2nd, 1942: Admiral Schwarzes Meer;
September 1st, 1942 - October 22nd, 1944 Oberwerftdirektor der Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven;
December 31st, 1944: Retired;
May 8th, 1945 - April 4th, 1947: POW.

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• Photo 1:
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.