Fritz Berger (officer)

Fritz Antek Berger
Born	(1900-04-15)15 April 1900 Allenstein, East Prussia
Died	27 June 1973(1973-06-27) (aged 73) Bielefeld
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Imperial German Navy  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Commands	1. Zerstörerflottille 5. Zerstörerflottille
Battles / wars	World War II Operation Wikinger Battles of Narvik
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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.

Life

He joined the Imperial German Navy in 1917.

He was in British captivity from May 1945 until May 1948.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (16 November 1939)^[1]
  • 1st Class (15 December 1939)^[1]
• 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

Citations

1. Dörr 1995, p. 32.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 129.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 215.

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• Fritz Berger @ Deutsche Marinesoldaten