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Ewe, Alexander

    Date of birth:
    May 16th, 1904 (Bielefeld/Westphalia, Germany)
    Date of death:
    March 20th, 1961
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) Alexander Ewe served as Leitender Ingenieur Schwerer Kreuzer 'Admiral Scheer', as Abteilungschef OKM and as Seekommandant Ostfriesland.
    He finally reached the rank of Kapitän zur See.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    Leitender Ingenieur Schwerer Kreuzer "Admiral Scheer"
    Awarded on:
    November 17th, 1942
    signed by Großadmiral Raeder Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine,
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    „Admiral Scheer”
    Awarded on:
    November 8th, 1940
    signed by Kapitän zur See Krancke Kommandant der „Admiral Scheer”
    Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    „Admiral Scheer”
    Awarded on:
    November 8th, 1940
    signed by Kapitän zur See Krancke Kommandant der „Admiral Scheer”
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Awarded on:
    October 26th, 1939
    Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)
    Unit:
    Schwerer Kreuzer „Admiral Scheer”
    Awarded on:
    November 5th, 1941
    signed by Vizeadmiral Schmundt Befehlshaber der Kreuzer
    Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (Lieutenant)
    Awarded on:
    October 2nd, 1936
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (Lieutenant)
    Awarded on:
    October 2nd, 1936
    Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre

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