Years of service 1915–211935–45 | Name Gunther Brandt | |
Born 1 October 1898Kiel ( 1898-10-01 ) Died 4 July 1973(1973-07-04) (aged 74)Bayreuth Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1921) Nazi Germany Rank Korvettenkapitan of the Reserves Unit SMS FreyaSMS ElsasSMS ZahringenSMS SchlesienSMS Kaiserin AugustaSMS Thuringen | ||
Günther Brandt (1 October 1898 – 4 July 1973) was a Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was also with a Coastal Raider Unit (Küstenjäger) of the Brandenburgers in 1943.
Following World War I, Brandt joined the "Marinebrigade Ehrhardt" and fought with the Freikorps in the Spartacist uprising of the German Revolution in Berlin, and in the Silesian Uprisings against the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia. In 1921 he joined the Nazi Party and was involved in the assassination of the Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau in June 1922. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment in 1925. He was released early and studied medicine from 1926 to 1932 in Kiel, Berlin and Munich.
Brandt was also an SS officer with the final rank of Obersturmbannführer. He joined the Nazi Party with membership #2,579,863 and the SS as member #107,079.