Waldemar Holst

Waldemar Holst
Born	14 September 1907 Hanover
Died	17 May 1975 (aged 67) Hamburg
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine  German Navy
Years of service	1927–45 1956–65
Rank	Korvettenkapitän (Wehrmacht) Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr)
Unit	SSS Niobe Berlin
Commands held	4. Räumbootflottille
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Waldemar August Johannes Holst (14 September 1907 – 17 May 1975) was a Korvettenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. In the Bundesmarine he attained the rank of Kapitän zur See.

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  • 4th Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
  • 3rd Class (5 April 1939)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 October 1939)^[1]
  • 1st Class (21 November 1940)^[1]
• Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, Ubootsjagd-, und Sicherungsverbände (5 November 1940)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 20 November 41 as Korvettenkapitän in the 4. Räumbootsflottille^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 December 1942 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 4. Räumbootsflottille^[3]

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1995, p. 267.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 195.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 234.

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
• 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.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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

• Waldemar Holst @ Deutsche Marinesoldaten