Friedrich Grade
Friedrich Grade (born March 29, 1916 in Büdelsdorf ) is a German engineer and naval officer.
Life
During the Second World War he belonged to the Navy and was chief engineer (LI) of the submarines U 96 and U 183 .
Just today is the last surviving eyewitness of the patrols of the submarine. In 2017 he published his previously unknown diaries for the first time, which were created during operations on the U 96. Grade achieved nationwide fame in 2018 when his story was picked up in the media as part of the remake of Das Boot .
After his missions on the U 96 , he completed two more patrols on the U 183 and then trained submarine crews as a technical instructor for the submarine training flotilla until the end of the war. In 1958 Grade was accepted into the newly founded German Navy to lead the development of new submarines. In 1970, shortly before his retirement, he worked on the revision of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel Das Boot .
Trivia
In the film Das Boot , Klaus Wennemann played Friedrich Grade.
Web links
- Friedrich Grade's diaries , published in the Nordwest-Zeitung .
- Friedrich Grade information at marinemuseum.de
- Portrait of Friedrich Grade in the Eckernförder Zeitung
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerrit Reichert: "Das Boot": Forbidden diaries tell the true story of U 96 | shz.de . In: shz . ( shz.de [accessed December 2, 2018]).
- ↑ Thomas Röbke: "Das Boot": The true story . ( goldenekamera.de [accessed December 2, 2018]).
- ↑ Das Boot: Friedrich Grade - the last eyewitness Nord-West-Zeitung (online) accessed on December 7, 2019
- ↑ Gerrit Reichert: The boat U96: Friedrich Grade - the last eyewitness | nwzonline.de . In: Nordwest-Zeitung . ( nwzonline.de [accessed December 9, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grade, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Büdelsdorf |