Portrait of Kriegsmarine sailor (Petty Officer Second Class), Christmas 1941.

Kriegsmarine sailor

Kapitänleutnant JOACHIM SCHEPKE (1912-1941) showing a U-Boot model to a child. Schepke was killed in action when his damaged boat U-100 was rammed by HMS Vanoc on March 17, 1941 south-west of Iceland. With him 37 crew members died, 6 men survived.

Kapitänleutnant JOACHIM SCHEPKE

German Kriegsmarine war correspondent Horst Grund (1915-2001) together with a comrade who was just awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class. Romania, 1941. (Bundesarchiv Bild N 1603 Bild-037)