Gustav Kieseritzky

Gustav Kieseritzky
Born (1893-09-22)22 September 1893
Rendsburg
Died 19 November 1943(1943-11-19) (aged 50)
Kerch peninsula, Ukraine
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch  Kaiserliche Marine
 Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
Years of service 1912–43
Rank Vizeadmiral
Unit SMS Vineta
SMS Friedrich der Große
SMS Strassburg
battleship Hannover
battleship Schleswig-Holstein
heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee
Commands held battleship Schleswig-Holstein
Admiral Schwarzes Meer
Battles/wars

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav Kieseritzky (22 September 1893 – 19 November 1943) was a German Vizeadmiral in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Kieseritzky was killed on 19 November 1943 during the Kerch–Eltigen Operation. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 20 November 1943.

Awards

Notes

  1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 210.

References

  • 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. 
  • 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. 
  • Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 2, 1. Januar 1942 bis 31. Dezember 1943 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 2, 1 January 1942 to 31 December 1943] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2. 
Military offices
Preceded by
Kapitän zur See Hans Feldbausch
Commanding officer, German battleship Schleswig-Holstein
8 June 1938 – 25 April 1939
Succeeded by
Kapitän zur See Gustav Kleikamp
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