Peter-Erich Cremer

Infobox Military Person
name=Peter-Erich Cremer
born=birth date|1911|3|25|df=y
died=dda|1992|7|5|1911|3|25|df=y
placeofbirth=Metz, Alsace-Lorraine
placeofdeath=Hamburg, Germany


caption=
nickname="Ali"
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=navy|Weimar Republic
navy|Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1932-1945
rank=Korvettenkapitän
commands=U-152, 1941-1-29 – 1941-7-21
U-333, 1941-8-25 – 1942-10-6
U-333, 1943-5-18 – 1944-7-19
U-2519, 1944-11-15 – 1945
unit=
battles=
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Peter-Erich Cremer (25 March 1911 – 5 July 1992) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War. He commanded U-333 from from August 25, 1941 to October 6, 1942 and again from May 18, 1943, to July 19, 1944. As the War drew to a close, he was attached to the personal security unit defending Karl Dönitz.

He was one of only a very few U-boat commanders to survive the war. Cremer recounted his experiences in the memoir "U-Boat Commander: a periscope view of the Battle of the Atlantic."

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (11 February 1940)
** 1st Class (10 February 1942)
* Destroyer War Badge (19 October 1940)
* U-boat War Badge (1939) (26 May 1942)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (5 June 1942)
* Wound Badge in Silver (11 November 1942)
* U-boat Front Clasp (27 September 1944)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Kurowski, Franz (1995). "Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service". Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-748-X.
* Range, Clemens (1974). "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine". Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-355-0.

;External link
* [http://uboat.net/men/cremer.htm uboat.net]