Kapitän zur See Fritz Antek Berger (15 April 1900 in Allenstein, East Prussia (now Olsztyn, Poland) – 27 June 1973 in Bielefeld) was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient during World War II.
Fritz Antek Berger | |
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| Born | 15 April 1900 Allenstein, East Prussia |
| Died | 27 June 1973 (aged 73) Bielefeld |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
| Rank | Kapitän zur See |
| Commands | 1. Zerstörerflottille 5. Zerstörerflottille |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Life
editHe joined the Imperial German Navy in 1917.
He was in British captivity from May 1945 until May 1948.
Awards
edit- Iron Cross (1939)
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- Destroyer War Badge (1940)
- Narvik Shield
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 August 1940 as Fregattenkapitän and chief of the 1. Zerstörerflotille[2][3]
References
editCitations
editBibliography
edit- 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.
- 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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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