Konteradmiral Erich Bey
Erich Jacob Bey, Navy Rear Admiral, born March 23, 1898 in Hamburg, commander of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, commander of the Scharnhorst battle group, winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, killed in action against British naval forces (including battleship HMS Duke of York) on the battlecruiser Scharnhorst on December 26, 1943 in the Barents Sea, made the following final radio transmission: “Am surrounded by heavy units…we shall fight to the last shell.” (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)
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Dr. Johann Kremer
Dr. Johann Paul Kremer, SS-Obersturmbannführer, born December 26, 1883 in Stolberg/Cologne, camp doctor at Auschwitz, sentenced to death 1947 in Krakow, commuted to 10 years, sentenced in 1960 to 10 years by a West German court in Münster, died January 8, 1965 in Münster, said of Auschwitz: “By comparison [to Auschwitz], Dante’s Inferno seems to me to be almost a comedy.” (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)