Emil Kieffer

Dr. phil. Emil Kieffer
Born	April 9, 1899 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Died	March 13, 1985 (aged 85) Herrsching, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic (to 1920)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1917–20, 1934–45
Rank	Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves
Unit	SMS Freya SMS Helgoland
Commands held	3. Minensuchflottille
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Emil Otto Hellmuth Kieffer (9 April 1899 – 13 March 1985) was a German Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Honour Cross for Combatants (31 July 1935)^[1]
• Sudetenland Medal (1 October 1939)^[1]
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (8 June 1940)^[1]
  • 1st Class (21 November 1940)^[1]
• Minesweeper War Badge (18 November 1940)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 30 June 1943 as Kapitänleutnant of the Reserves on minesweeper M-37 in the 1. Minensuchflottille^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 December 1944 as Korvettenkapitän of the Reserves and flotilla chief of the 3. Minensuchflottille^[3][4]
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 25 November 1944

References

Citations

1. Dörr 1995, p. 321.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 227.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 255.
4. Scherzer 2007, p. 439.

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.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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.
• Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 3, 1 January 1944 to 9 May 1945] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.