Waldemar Holst | |
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Born | 14 September 1907 |
Died | 17 May 1975 | (aged 67)
Place of birth | Hanover |
Place of death | Hamburg |
Allegiance |
Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany |
Service/branch |
Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy |
Years of service | 1927 – 1945, 1956 – 1965 |
Rank |
Korvettenkapitän (Wehrmacht) Kapitän zur See (Bundeswehr) |
Commands held | 4. Räumbootflottille |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Waldemar 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. In the Bundesmarine he attained the rank of Kapitän zur See.
Awards[]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (10 October 1939)
- 1st Class (21 November 1940)
- Kriegsabzeichen für Minensuch-, Ubootsjagd-, und Sicherungsverbände (5 November 1940)
- German Cross in Gold (20 November 41)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (3 December 1942)
References[]
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine (in German). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.