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Years of service
  
1927–45 1955–64

Name
  
Jost Brokelmann

Born
  
25 September 1907 Kiel (
1907-09-25
)

Died
  
3 March 1967(1967-03-03) (aged 59) Freiburg

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine  German Navy

Rank
  
Fregattenkapitan (Kriegsmarine) Kapitan zur See (Bundesmarine)

Unit
  
SSS Niobe Berlin tender Nordsee Meteor

Jost Karl Ludwig Brokelmann (25 September 1907 – 3 March 1967) was a Fregattenkapitan with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After World War II he served in the Bundesmarine attaining the rank of Kapitan zur See. His last service position was with the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office (1 November 1966 – 3 March 1967).

Awards

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)
  • Sudetenland Medal (20 December 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (2 August 1941)
  • Minesweeper War Badge (22 December 1940)
  • War Merit Cross with Swords
  • 2nd Class (1 September 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 June 1942 as Korvettenkapitan and chief of the 2. Raumbootflottille

    • References

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