Kriegsmarine Admirals ID thread and private collection photos Database

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I want to start this thread to help anyone with identifying Kriegsmarine Admirals from photos. You may have seen similar threads on other forums.

If you need help with unknown Admirals, please post them here. But, please stick to posting scans of photos you actually own.

I am starting this thread in hope that members of the forum will share with us their private collection photos of Kriegsmarine Admirals.

You can also post any photos of Kriegsmarine Admirals you have, that show already identified Admirals.

I will start with some photos from my private collection.

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Konteradmiral Ernst Krafft (middle) and Fregattenkapitän z.V. Ernst Stever (right) in Paldiski, Estonia, year unknown.
Krafft was the Coastal-Commander of the Eastern Baltic Sea and also Fortress-Commandant of Gotenhafen (27 June 1940-31 August 1942). He retired on 31 May 1943 but, on 7 April 1945 he fell into Russian captivity. He died in 1954 in Vladimir Prison in the Soviet Union, aged 69.

I hope you will enjoy the many photos I post in the future. Make sure to open the photos in a new tab to see them in full size.

[Tim030]

Any thoughts to adding named admiral tunics to this thread to go with photos that would be neat and educational.

Here are two photos of General Admiral Saalwächter that I have.

Tim.

[Tim030]

Traces of War info for General Admiral Alfred Saalwächter.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour..._zdbJESjb4GaQW

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Konteradmiral Paul Fanger, during his time as Commandant of Fortifications of Ostfriesland (30 September 1937-12 January 1940).
During the Spanish Civil War he was the Commandant of the Armoured-Ship "Deutschland" (30 September 1935-02 September 1937).
From 17 January 1940 until 03 March 1943 he was the Chief of the Artillery Weapons Office in the Naval-Weapons-Head-Office of the OKM. He was promoted to Admiral on 01 December 1942.
He retired on 31 May 1943 but was later reactivated as Inspector of Coastal and Ship Artillery with the Naval-High-Command Norway (15 August 1944-01 April 1945).
Shortly after he returned from Norway, he was killed on 15 April 1945 during the invasion of US troops in his home town of Schöningen. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on 30 April 1945.

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Vizeadmiral August Thiele during an inspection of the Heavy Cruiser "Prinz Eugen", late 1944 or early 1945.

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Kapitän zur See (later Konteradmiral) Friedrich Braune and Admiral Conrad Albrecht, pre-war photo.
During WW2 Braune served as Officer-Judge in the Reichs War Court, Senior Shipyard Director of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard in Bergen (Norway), and finally Judge at the Prize-Court in Berlin. He retired on 30 April 1945.
Albrecht was promoted to the rank of Generaladmiral on 1 April 1939. He was the second officer to be promoted to that rank after Erich Raeder in 1936. Albrecht's career included the posts of Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea, Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea and Naval-Group-Commander East. At the beginning of WW2, he directed the operations of the Kriegsmarine during the Polish campaign. He retired on 31 December 1939.

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Admiral Otto Ciliax (middle) and Vizeadmiral Heinz Nordmann (left) in Norway, 1943/1944.
Ciliax was the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval-High-Command Norway (04 March 1943-25 April 1945).
Nordmann was the Commanding Admiral of the Norwegian Polar Coast (01 February 1943-19 January 1945).

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Generaladmiral Oskar Kummetz during an inspection of the "Prinz Eugen". Also visible with the same leather coat is Vizeadmiral August Thiele.

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Großadmiral Erich Raeder (left) visiting the Naval School in Mürwik, 1942.
In the middle is Vizeadmiral Walter Georg Lohmann, Commander of the Naval-School Mürwik (13 October 1939-30 September 1942).