Karl Weniger

Karl Weniger
Born	24 May 1899 Dassel near Hannover
Died	1 October 1941 (aged 42) Dieppe
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1917–41
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Commands held	2. Sicherungs-Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (posthumous)

Karl Weniger (24 May 1899 – 1 October 1941) was a Kapitän zur See with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (19 November 1934)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 September 1939)^[1]
  • 1st Class (21 May 1940)^[1]
• Sudetenland Medal (3 October 1939)^[2]
• Memel Medal (26 October 1939)^[2]
• Minesweeper War Badge (6 November 1940)^[2]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
• Olympic Games Decoration (20 April 1937)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 November 1941 as Kapitän zur See and leader of the 2. Sicherungs-Division^[3][4]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1996, p. 334.
2. Dörr 1996, p. 335.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 442.
4. Scherzer 2007, p. 779.

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

• "Karl Weniger". Deutsche Marinesoldaten (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2013.