Kurt Böhmer

Kurt Böhmer
Born	31 December 1892 Magdeburg
Died	1 October 1944 (aged 51) near Ventspils, Latvia
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1914–44
Rank	Konteradmiral
Unit	SMS Hansa SMS König Albert U-17 and U-22 Hessen cruiser Admiral Scheer
Battles/wars	World War I Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Spanish Cross in Silver Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Konteradmiral Kurt Werner Max Böhmer (31 December 1892 in Magdeburg – killed in action 1 October 1944 near Ventspils, Latvia) was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He took command of the 9. Sicherungsdivision (9th Security Division) on 17 June 1944. As leader of the division he was shot and killed on a hunting trip together with three foresters at Ventspils in Latvia by partisans on 1 October 1944.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (6 January 1916)^[1]
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
• Komturkreuz des Spanisch-Marokkanischen Mehdauia-Ordens (13 May 1938)^[1]
• Medal for the Campaign of 1936−1939 (Spain)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (1 April 1939)^[1]
• Spanish Cross
  • in Silver (6 June 1939)^[1]
• Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 April 1940)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939), 1st Class (21 April 1940)^[1]
• Minesweeper War Badge (17 January 1941)^[1]
• Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with Swords (12 October 1942)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1940 as Kapitän zur See and Chief of Staff of the Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Chief of Staff of the commander of the security of the North Sea)^[2]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1995, p. 64.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 137.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine, Band 1: A-K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2453-0.
• 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

• "Kurt Böhmer". Ritterkreuzträger 1939-45 (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2011.