Jost Brökelmann

Jost Brökelmann
Born (1907-09-25)25 September 1907
Kiel
Died 3 March 1967(1967-03-03) (aged 59)
Freiburg
Allegiance  Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch  Reichsmarine
 Kriegsmarine
 German Navy
Years of service 1927–45
1955–64
Rank Fregattenkapitän (Kriegsmarine)
Kapitän zur See (Bundesmarine)
Unit SSS Niobe
Berlin
tender Nordsee
Meteor
Commands held 2. Räumbootflottille
Battles/wars

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Jost Karl Ludwig Brökelmann (25 September 1907 – 3 March 1967) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After World War II he served in the Bundesmarine attaining the rank of Kapitän zur See. His last service position was with the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office (1 November 1966 – 3 March 1967).

Awards

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dörr 1995, p. 101.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 146.

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. 
  • 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. 
Military offices
Preceded by
Korvettenkapitän Hans John
Commander of the 2nd Räumboots Flotilla
June 1941 – December 1942
Succeeded by
Korvettenkapitän Georg Pinkepank
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