Kriegsmarine officers on board a ship in Norway, cca. 1944.
First photo:
1: Kapitän zur See Fritz Berger, Naval Commander Drontheim (07 June 1943-08 May 1945).
2: Vizeadmiral Leopold Siemens, Commanding Admiral of the Norwegian North Coast (01 February 1943-06 November 1944).
3: Vizeadmiral z.V. Thilo von Seebach, Artillery-Inspector and Admiral with Special Duties, Naval-High-Command Norway (01 July 1943-08 May 1945).
4: Admiral Otto Ciliax, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-High-Command Norway (04 March 1943-25 April 1945).
Second photo: Admiral Otto Ciliax.
Admiralarzt Dr. med. Hugo Caanitz in conversation with a civilian, 1945.
Caanitz's career during WW2:
-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Medical-Office of the Baltic Sea (18 October 1937-14 January 1940)
-Chief of the Medical-Science-Department, Naval-Medical-Office, OKM (15 January 1940-08 February 1944)
-Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Stralsund (15 January 1944-02 May 1945)
-In Russian Captivity (02 May 1945-28 September 1953)
Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Commanding Admiral of U-boats (01 February 1943-30 April 1945), Konteradmiral Martin Baltzer, Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM (06 January 1943-14 July 1945), and Großadmiral Karl Dönitz, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (30 January 1943-30 April 1945), in Gotenhafen, February 1944.
Inauguration of the "Raeder-Schleuse" (Raeder sea lock) in Wilhelmshaven, 7 November 1942.
First photo:
1: Admiral Hermann Densch, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (29 November 1939-28 February 1943)
2: Georg Joel, Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Weser-Ems (August 1932 - 5 May 1945)
3: Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
4: Marinehafenbaudirektor Karl Tiburtius, from 31 March 1941 retired, lastly Executive of the Port-New-Construction-Direction Wilhelmshaven (01 October 1937-31 March 1941). Tiburtius was a Marinebeamte im Admiralsrang with the rank equivalent to the rank of Konteradmiral.
Second photo:
1: Georg Joel
2: Ministerialdirektor Dipl. Ing. Hermann Lottmann, Chief of the Office-Group for Total-Drafts and Ship-Construction (K I), Head-Office for Warship-Construction, OKM (01 November 1939-08 July 1943). Lottmann was a Marinebeamte im Admiralsrang with the rank equivalent to the rank of Vizeadmiral.
3: Großadmiral Erich Raeder
4: Marinehafenbaudirektor Karl Tiburtius
Visible in the background is the Light Cruiser "Emden".
The photo was taken in 1939, most likely in Pillau.
From left to right:
- Konteradmiral Conrad Patzig, Chief of the Naval-Personnel-Office, OKM (04 October 1937-31 October 1942)
- Großadmiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (01 June 1935-30 January 1943)
- Konteradmiral Friedrich-Wilhelm Fleischer, Fortress-Commandant of Pillau (04 August 1938-11 April 1939)
- Kapitän zur See Wilhelm Matthies, Commander of the V. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (28 September 1936-03 September 1939)
Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg visiting the Naval School in Mürwik, 1937.
First photo: Von Blomberg (left), sitting next to him is Kapitän zur See (later Admiral) Hubert Schmundt, the Commander of the Naval School.
Second photo: from left to right:
- Admiral Alfred Saalwächter, Inspector of Training Affairs of the Navy (02 October 1933-27 October 1938)
- Admiral Conrad Albrecht, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (04 July 1935-31 October 1938)
- Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg, Reichs War Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht (01 June 1935-26 January 1938)
- Kapitän zur See Hubert Schmundt, Commander of the Naval-School Mürwik (14 October 1936-21 August 1939)
Gathering of Kriegsmarine officers and Marinebeamte, date and place unknown.
In the middle is Admiraloberstabsarzt Prof. Dr. Med. Sigmund Moosauer, Chief of the Naval-Medical-Office, OKM (01 April 1939-31 December 1939), at the same time, Medical-Chief of the Reichsmarine then Kriegsmarine (01 January 1928-31 December 1939).
On the right is Admiralarzt Dr. med. Karl Eyerich. He was detached to the Naval-Medical and Naval Personnel-Office, OKM (01 November 1938-25 May 1941), then Chief Medic of the Naval-Hospital Bergen op Zoom (Netherlands) (26 May 1941-28 February 1944) and finally Chief Medic of the Naval-Hospital Marseille (29 February 1944-26 August 1944).
On the left is Flottenarzt (later Admiralarzt) Dr. med. Gerhard Müller. During WW2 he served in a variety of positions: Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Medical-Office Wilhelmshaven (04 October 1937-19 February 1941); Chief-Medic of the Naval-Hospital Wilhelmshaven (20 February 1941-12 June 1941); Medic with Fleet-Command (13 June 1941-31 March 1943); Chief Medical Officer with the Staff of the Naval-High-Command Norway (01 April 1943-31 March 1944).
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