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Admiral Hans-Erich Voss

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Admiral Hans-Erich Voss Veteran

Birth
Angermünde, Landkreis Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany
Death
18 Nov 1969 (aged 72)
Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany GPS-Latitude: 47.6219671, Longitude: 12.9925041
Memorial ID
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German Admiral during WW2. Veteran of World War I. He served on the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen where he met Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Appointed Naval Liaison Officer to Hitler's headquarters in March of 1943. Wounded in the July 20th 1944 assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, for which he was awarded the special Wound Badge of 20 July 1944 (3 badges?). He was in the Führerbunker during the final days, leaving on May 1st 1945 after the ­Goebbels murder-suicide. He was captured by Soviet troops and was interned in a Soviet prison of war camp and was released in 1954. (Bio by: Jay Lance)
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German Admiral during WW2. Veteran of World War I. He served on the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen where he met Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. Appointed Naval Liaison Officer to Hitler's headquarters in March of 1943. Wounded in the July 20th 1944 assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, for which he was awarded the special Wound Badge of 20 July 1944 (3 badges?). He was in the Führerbunker during the final days, leaving on May 1st 1945 after the ­Goebbels murder-suicide. He was captured by Soviet troops and was interned in a Soviet prison of war camp and was released in 1954. (Bio by: Jay Lance)

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