Category:Hans-Georg von Friedeburg

**Hans-Georg von Friedeburg**
	German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander, Admiral in the Kriegsmarine From left to right: Major Wilhelm Oxenius (Colonel General Jodl's Adjutant), Colonel General Alfred Jodl, Chief of OKW Operation Staff (who signed the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the OKW), General admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Commander-in-Chief of the German navy (OKM), Major General Kenneth W. D. Strong (standing), G-2, SHAEF. Location: Reims, France, American Headquarters Tomb with the inscription: "Hans-Georg v. Friedeburg Generaladmiral * 15. 7. 1895 † 23. 5. 1945" in the cemetery Adelby
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Date of birth	15 July 1895; Strasbourg
Date of death	23 May 1945; Flensburg suicide; cyanide poisoning;
Place of burial	Friedhof Adelby;
Country of citizenship	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany;
Occupation	soldier; politician; submariner;
Father	Karl von Friedeburg;
Child	Ludwig von Friedeburg;
Award received	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; The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918; Wehrmacht Long Service Award;
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	Q57721; ISNI: 0000 0000 4573 4076; VIAF ID: 20592671; GND ID: 123561582; Library of Congress authority ID: no2002101632; US National Archives Identifier: 10612927;
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Deutsch: Hans-Georg von Friedeburg war ein deutscher Admiral. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg war er ab 1943 Kommandierender Admiral der Unterseeboote und 1945 in Berlin-Karlshorst Mitunterzeichner der ratifizierenden Kapitulationsurkunde.