Karl Weniger

Karl Weniger
Born (1899-05-24)24 May 1899
Dassel near Hannover
Died 1 October 1941(1941-10-01) (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

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Dörr 1996, p. 334.
  2. 1 2 3 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. 

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Military offices
Preceded by
Commander of the 1st Minesweeper Flotilla
October 1938 – December 1939
Succeeded by
Korvettenkapitän Karl Neitzel
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