Friedrich Hüffmeier

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Friedrich Hüffmeier (born June 14, 1898 in Kunersdorf , † January 13, 1972 in Münster ) was a German naval officer. Most recently he held the rank of Vice Admiral in the Wehrmacht Navy .

Military career

Hüffmeier joined the Imperial Navy on September 16, 1914 , during the First World War , first as a midshipman at the Mürwik Naval School . He continued his training on board the large cruiser SMS Freya , and came to the liner SMS Lothringen in December 1914 , where he was promoted to ensign at sea in 1915 and served until January 1916.

During the Second World War , Hüffmeier commanded the light cruiser Cologne (from May 1, 1941 to March 1, 1942) and later the battleship Scharnhorst (from March 31, 1942 to October 13, 1943). From July 25, 1944 to February 26, 1945 he was in command of the Channel Island of Guernsey. From March 1945 until the surrender on May 9, 1945 he was the fortress commander of the Channel Islands . In this function he followed Lieutenant General Rudolf Graf von Schmettow . Hüffmeier was involved in the planning of the coup on Granville , which took place on the night of March 9, 1945. He was a British prisoner of war until April 2, 1948.

Later he got involved in the German party , for which he ran unsuccessfully in the federal election in 1957 on the North Rhine-Westphalian state list and in the Bundestag constituency of Münster-Stadt und -Land .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Guernsey.html
  2. ↑ a b spiegel.de ( one day ): The hungry people attack
  3. ↑ Kriegsmarine - Syrup for the victors , Der Spiegel , No. 46/1965
  4. ↑ Biographical note at www.kgparl.de, accessed on July 25, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Hüffmeier, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Kunersdorf
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1972
Place of death Muenster