reference topic Kriegsmarine Admirals ID thread and photo Database

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Studio portrait of Konteradmiral Ludwig Stummel. He served as the Chief of the Department for Naval Intelligence, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (28 December 1939-15 June 1941), Chief of the Central-Department of the Office-Group for Naval Intelligence, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (16 June 1941-30 April 1943), Chief of the Office-Group for Naval Intelligence, Naval Warfare Command, OKM (01 May 1943-16 August 1944) and then Higher Commander of Naval Signals and Detection Schools (14 November 1944-15 March 1945). Stummel was most notable for being the person responsible for the cryptographical security of the Enigma cipher machine and Key M infrastructure security, during World War II.
Some interesting facts about him. He had a glass eye and a limp. He was a fervent Catholic. His faith gave him a moral compass during the latter years of the war. Initially a supporter of the Nazis, he became doubtful as the war progressed.

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Admiral Theodor Krancke, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-Group-Command West (20 April 1943-25 October 1944), visiting a hospital in France for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross award ceremony of Otto Flügel, 3 May 1943.

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Konteradmiral Gustav Kieseritzky, Commandant of the Sea-Fortifications of Brittany (03 December 1940-15 June 1942), decorating members of the Naval Coastal Artillery, most likely in Brest.

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Flottenarzt (later Admiralarzt) Dr. med. Hugo Caanitz (far right) with his family during his grandfather's 80th birthday, 13 March 1941 in Berlin.
During this time Caanitz was the Chief of the Medical-Science-Department at the Naval-Medical-Office, OKM (15 January 1940-08 February 1944).

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Kommandierende Admiral Frankreich:Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall.

 

 

Merry Christmas from Norway

 

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Vizeadmiral Gustav Kieseritzky, Commanding Admiral Black Sea (07 February 1943-19 November 1943).
This photo was taken sometime between 20 October 1943 (award date of his German Cross in Gold) and 19 November 1943 (the day when he was killed in action during a Soviet air attack on the Kerch Peninsula).

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Konteradmiral Otto von Schrader (far left), II. Admiral of the North-Sea-Station, from 01 January 1938 renamed 2nd Admiral of the North Sea, at the same time, Commander of Security of the North Sea (01 October 1937-31 March 1938), at the Marinekaserne in Cuxhaven. Can anyone confirm the location (I'm not sure if it's indeed Cuxhaven)?

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Officers and civilians at a naval artillery testing ground, 1942.
1: Generaladmiral Karl Witzell, Chief of the Naval-Weapons-Head-Office, OKM (07 November 1939-31 August 1942)
2: Vizeadmiral Paul Fanger, Chief of the Artillery Weapons Office, Naval-Weapons-Head-Office, OKM (17 January 1940-03 March 1943)
3: Vizeadmiral Heinrich Hanke, Chief of the Office-Group for Artillery Development and Construction, Naval Weapons Head Office, OKM (07 November 1939-02 August 1943)

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Vizeadmiral Werner Grassmann, Coastal-Commander of the Western Baltic Sea (07 June 1941-28 February 1943), visiting the Marineflakabteilung 271 in Kiel-Jägersberg.

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Portrait of Vizeadmiral z.V. Paul Wülfing von Ditten, Under-Secretary at the Reichs Transport Ministry and Head of the Maritime Shipping Office (06 June 1940-29 May 1942).
This is a press photo and the description on the back of the photo says:
"The Head of the newly created Maritime Shipping Office.
In the course of the recently reported organizational changes in the Reich Ministry of Transport, maritime affairs have been consolidated in a Maritime Office. The Führer has entrusted its management to Vizeadmiral z.V. Wülfing von Ditten, who has been given the title of State Secretary. This centralized organization is intended to emphasize the importance of maritime shipping, to promote its development and to provide a guarantee for the performance of the future tasks of German maritime shipping."

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Konteradmiral (Ing.) Max Peters photographed in his backyard.
I believe this photo was taken on the day or shortly after his promotion to Konteradmiral (Ing.) on 01 August 1944.
During this time he was the Arsenal-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Gotenhafen (10 January 1944-28 March 1945).
I have another photo of him from the same occasion which I will post tomorrow.

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The second photo of Konteradmiral (Ing.) Max Peters photographed in his backyard.
I believe this photo was taken on the day or shortly after his promotion to Konteradmiral (Ing.) on 01 August 1944.
During this time he was the Arsenal-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Arsenal Gotenhafen (10 January 1944-28 March 1945).

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Konteradmiral Kurt Böhmer (left), Leader of the Minesweeper-Formation East (12 March 1942-16 June 1944) and Korvettenkapitän Gustav Forstmann (right), 1st Admiral Staff Officer with the Leader of the Minesweeper-Formation East (12 March 1942-14 June 1944), 1943.

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Konteradmiral Kurt Böhmer, Leader of the Minesweeper-Formation East (12 March 1942-16 June 1944), visiting the 24. Landungsflottille under the command of Korvettenkapitän Erich Brauneis, winter of 1943.

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Kriegsmarine parade in Dresden, 13 August 1939.
1: Char. Konteradmiral Ernst Hintzmann, Group-Leader in the War Science Department, OKM (27 September 1937-03 September 1939)
2: Retired Kaiserliche Marine Admiral Wilhelm Souchon
3: Char. Vizeadmiral Wolf von Trotha, Placed at the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine (15 February 1939-05 September 1939)
4: Großadmiral Dr.phil.h.c. Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
5: General der Infanterie Viktor von Schwedler, Commanding General of the IV Army Corps (HQ in Dresden) (04 February 1938-18 October 1942)
6: SA-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Schepmann, President of the Dresden-Bautzen district (March 1936-August 1943)
7: Unknown NSDAP official

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Konteradmiral z.V. Heinz-Eduard Menche, Chief of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Bordeaux (27 January 1941-30 April 1943) in Bordeaux, date unknown.

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Konteradmiral Walter Georg Lohmann, Commander of the Naval-School Mürwik (13 October 1939-30 September 1942), giving a speech, 22 June 1940.
Nicely visible next to his Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class and U-boat War Badge (1918) is the Spanish Order of Naval Merit 3rd Class with White Decoration.

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Staff meeting of the Commanding Admiral Black Sea, December 1943. The place is most likely Simferopol on the Crimea, where the Headquarters were located from February 1943 until February 1944.
The Commanding Admiral Black Sea was in charge of all naval forces in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and the surrounding coastlines that were in German hands.
Visible 3rd from the left on the first and 5th from the left on the second photo is Konteradmiral Helmuth Brinkmann, the Commanding Admiral Black Sea (22 November 1943-09 November 1944).
5th from the right on the second photo is Kapitänleutnant Helmut Rosenbaum, Commander of the 30th U-boat Flotilla (October 1942-April 1944), and at the same time the U-boat Admiral Staff Officer with the Commanding Admiral Black Sea. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 August 1942.

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Vizeadmiral August Thiele, Commander of Training-Formations of the Fleet (13 March 1943-18 September 1944), on board the "Admiral Scheer", 1944.

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Admiral Erich Förste (right), Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-High-Command North Sea (22 June 1943-10 July 1945), during an inspection.

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Admiralarzt Dr. med. Gerhard Müller, Chief Medical Officer with the Staff of the Naval-High-Command Norway (01 April 1943-31 March 1944), visiting the 1. Marine-Nachrichten-Abteilung (Navy Signals Detachment) on the island of Hovedøya in the Oslo Fjord, Norway, May 1943.
During the German occupation of Norway, the island was the site of a German military camp.

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Admiraloberstabsarzt Prof. Dr. med. Alfred Fikentscher (1st from the left), Chief of the Naval-Medical-Office and Medical-Chief of the Kriegsmarine, OKM (01 January 1940-30 November 1943), visiting the Naval Base District in Oslo, 31 July 1943.
Visible 4th from the left is Admiralarzt Dr. med. Gerhard Müller, Chief Medical Officer with the Staff of the Naval-High-Command Norway (01 April 1943-31 March 1944).

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Vizeadmiral Thilo von Seebach (far right), Artillery-Inspector and Admiral with Special Duties, Naval-High-Command Norway (01 July 1943-08 May 1945), attending the wedding of a Dr. Kuhr in Oslo, 30 September 1944.

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A very exciting new addition to my collection.
Admiral Hermann von Fischel, Naval-Commander Channel Coast (20 February 1941-31 January 1943), visiting Dieppe on 22 August 1942, just a couple of days after the failed Allied amphibious attack that happened on 19 August 1942.
Nicely visible are many of von Fischel's badge decorations. These include: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class with the 1939 Clasp above it; Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Naval Merit with White Decoration; Silesian Eagle 1st Class; Naval Artillery War Badge and the 1918 version of the U-boat War Badge.
Sadly not visible on the other side of his chest is the Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords.

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Admiral Hermann von Fischel, Naval-Commander Channel Coast (20 February 1941-31 January 1943), inspecting port defences somewhere in Normandy, possibly Le Havre, 1942.