Kurt Thoma

Kurt Thoma
Born	(1901-08-04)4 August 1901
Died	11 April 1971(1971-04-11) (aged 69)
Place of birth	Staufen
Place of death	Oldenburg
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy
Years of service	1921–1945, 1957–1962
Rank	Kapitän zur See
Unit	Hannover Hull Number Missing SSS Niobe
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kapitän zur See Otto Kurt Thoma (4 August 1901 in Staufen – 11 April 1971 in Oldenburg) was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) recipient during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (22 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (4 May 1940)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  • 4th and 3rd Class (2 October 1936)
  • 2nd Class (1 April 1939)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1940 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 2. Minensuchflottille
• Italian War Cross with Swords (1 November 1941)
• Minesweeper War Badge

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2:L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2497-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Deutsche Marinesoldaten