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Years of service
  
1914–44

Rank
  
Konteradmiral

Name
  
Kurt Bohmer


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Born
  
31 December 1892Magdeburg (
1892-12-31
)

Died
  
1 October 1944(1944-10-01) (aged 51)near Ventspils, Latvia

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine

Unit
  
SMS HansaSMS Konig AlbertU-17 and U-22Hessencruiser Admiral Scheer

Kurt Böhmer (31 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was an officer in the Wehrmacht 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.

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
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    References

    Kurt Böhmer Wikipedia
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