Hans Rehm

Hans Rehm
Born	22 December 1903 Regensburg
Died	7 October 1986 (aged 82) Flensburg
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1922–45
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Unit	SSS Niobe Berlin Schleswig-Holstein
Commands held	2. Minensuchflottille 7. Sicherungs-Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans Rehm (22 December 1903 – 7 October 1986) was a Kapitän zur See with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) recipient during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd and 4th Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
• Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (12 October 1939)^[1]
  • 1st Class (21 May 1940)^[1]
• Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, U-Boots-Jagd- und Sicherungsverbände (21 November 1940)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 December 1941 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille^[2][3]
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 12 August 1944

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 164.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 351.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 617.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• "Hans Rehm". Deutsche Marinesoldaten (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2013.