Kurt Böhmer

Kurt Böhmer (31 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was an officer in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany who commanded the 9th Security Division from 17 June 1944. He was shot and killed on a hunting trip together with three foresters at Ventspils in Latvia by partisans on 1 October 1944. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Kurt Böhmer
Rear admiral Böhmer in 1943
Born	(1892-12-31)31 December 1892
Died	1 October 1944(1944-10-01) (aged 51) near Ventspils, Latvia
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1914–44
Rank	Konteradmiral
Unit	U-17 and U-22 Hessen cruiser Admiral Scheer
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (6 January 1916)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)
• Komturkreuz des Spanisch-Marokkanischen Mehdauia-Ordens (13 May 1938)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (1 April 1939)
• Spanish Cross in Silver (6 June 1939)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 April 1940)
• Iron Cross (1939), 1st Class (21 April 1940)
• Minesweeper War Badge (17 January 1941)
• Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with Swords (12 October 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1940 as Kapitän zur See and Chief of Staff of the Security Forces of the North Sea

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine, Band 1: A-K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2453-0.
• 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.