Hans-Georg von Friedeburg

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German navy officer, U-boot commander, Admiral in the Kriegsmarine (1895-1945)

Germany PoliticiansLived 1895 to 1945 · aged 49

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Hans-Georg Friedrich Ludwig Robert von Friedeburg was a German admiral, the deputy commander of the U-boat Forces of Nazi Germany and the second-to-last Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.

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Montgomery (right) and von Friedeburg signing the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath, 4 May 1945

Friedeburg (right) witnessing the surrender being signed by Generaloberst Alfred Jodl with Major Wilhelm Oxenius to the left.

Friedeburg's grave next to that of Wolfgang Lüth

Awards 9

German Cross in Silver

Spanish Cross

Order of the Zähringer Lion

Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)

Clasp to the Iron Cross

War Merit Cross

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Wehrmacht Long Service Award

Iron Cross

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FatherKarl von Friedeburg

ChildLudwig von Friedeburg

Connected to Hans-Georg 6

Wolfgang LüthAlso won Spanish Cross

Richard GlücksAlso won German Cross in Silver

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of RussiaAlso won Order of the Zähringer Lion

Frederick Francis IIAlso won Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)

Herbert BackeAlso won War Merit Cross

Eduard DietlAlso won Clasp to the Iron Cross

About this person

Hans-Georg Friedrich Ludwig Robert von Friedeburg was a German admiral, the deputy commander of the U-boat Forces of Nazi Germany and the second-to-last Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. He was the only representative of the armed forces to be present at the signing of the German instruments of surrender in Luneburg Heath on 4 May 1945, in Reims on 7 May and in Berlin on 8 May 1945. Von Friedeburg committed suicide shortly afterwards, upon the dissolution of the Flensburg Government.

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Germany