Walter Julius Wilhelm Warzecha was a German naval commander and high ranking officer of the Kriegsmarine. Serving in the rank of Generaladmiral he served as the last Oberbefehlshaber der Kreigsmarine (Comander-in-Chief of the German Navy) at the end of World War Two.
Walter Warzecha was born in Schwiebus, Brandenburg, but the family was from Silesia originally. He grew up in Neuruppin where his father Max Warzecha was the mayor.
In 1947 he was released from being held as a prisoner of war, and he settled in Hamburg and worked for the Allianz insurance company.
He died of a heart attack on August 30, 1956 and is buried in the Nordfriedhof cemetery in Kiel Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland (Germany).
Wife:
Hildegard Hermeking Warzecha Born: July 4, 1906 in Berlin, Germany
Children:
Elisabeth Warzecha Ellers Born: October 12, 1929 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2012
Hildegard Warzecha Krause Born: December 7, 1930 in Kiel, Germany Died: 1990
Klaus Warzecha Born: October 24, 1934 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2014
Gisela Warzecha Blohm Born: March 21, 1936 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2014
Additional information about the ancestry of Generaladmiral Walter Warzecha was provided by Ralf Peters, fellow Find A Grave member and relative of Walter Warzecha.
Father:
Max Ernst Johann Karl Hugo Warzecha
Birth: 29 May 1861 In Breslau, Prussia (Germany)
Death: 25 March 1943 in Neuruppin, Germany
Grandfather:
Julius August Johann Warzecha
Birth: 8 March 1830 in Woiska, Prussia (Germany)
Death: Unkown
The village that Julius Warzecha was born in is located in Upper Silesia, and was named Woiska at the time of his birth. In 1936 the name of the village was changed to Hubertsgrund, during the time of the Third Reich. After World War 2, following the German defeat, the village was given to Poland, and the name was changed to Wojska.
Walter Warzecha was born in Schwiebus, Brandenburg, but the family was from Silesia originally. He grew up in Neuruppin where his father Max Warzecha was the mayor.
In 1947 he was released from being held as a prisoner of war, and he settled in Hamburg and worked for the Allianz insurance company.
He died of a heart attack on August 30, 1956 and is buried in the Nordfriedhof cemetery in Kiel Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland (Germany).
Wife:
Hildegard Hermeking Warzecha Born: July 4, 1906 in Berlin, Germany
Children:
Elisabeth Warzecha Ellers Born: October 12, 1929 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2012
Hildegard Warzecha Krause Born: December 7, 1930 in Kiel, Germany Died: 1990
Klaus Warzecha Born: October 24, 1934 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2014
Gisela Warzecha Blohm Born: March 21, 1936 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2014
Additional information about the ancestry of Generaladmiral Walter Warzecha was provided by Ralf Peters, fellow Find A Grave member and relative of Walter Warzecha.
Father:
Max Ernst Johann Karl Hugo Warzecha
Birth: 29 May 1861 In Breslau, Prussia (Germany)
Death: 25 March 1943 in Neuruppin, Germany
Grandfather:
Julius August Johann Warzecha
Birth: 8 March 1830 in Woiska, Prussia (Germany)
Death: Unkown
The village that Julius Warzecha was born in is located in Upper Silesia, and was named Woiska at the time of his birth. In 1936 the name of the village was changed to Hubertsgrund, during the time of the Third Reich. After World War 2, following the German defeat, the village was given to Poland, and the name was changed to Wojska.
Walter Julius Wilhelm Warzecha was a German naval commander and high ranking officer of the Kriegsmarine. Serving in the rank of Generaladmiral he served as the last Oberbefehlshaber der Kreigsmarine (Comander-in-Chief of the German Navy) at the end of World War Two.
Walter Warzecha was born in Schwiebus, Brandenburg, but the family was from Silesia originally. He grew up in Neuruppin where his father Max Warzecha was the mayor.
In 1947 he was released from being held as a prisoner of war, and he settled in Hamburg and worked for the Allianz insurance company.
He died of a heart attack on August 30, 1956 and is buried in the Nordfriedhof cemetery in Kiel Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland (Germany).
Wife:
Hildegard Hermeking Warzecha Born: July 4, 1906 in Berlin, Germany
Children:
Elisabeth Warzecha Ellers Born: October 12, 1929 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2012
Hildegard Warzecha Krause Born: December 7, 1930 in Kiel, Germany Died: 1990
Klaus Warzecha Born: October 24, 1934 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2014
Gisela Warzecha Blohm Born: March 21, 1936 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2014
Additional information about the ancestry of Generaladmiral Walter Warzecha was provided by Ralf Peters, fellow Find A Grave member and relative of Walter Warzecha.
Father:
Max Ernst Johann Karl Hugo Warzecha
Birth: 29 May 1861 In Breslau, Prussia (Germany)
Death: 25 March 1943 in Neuruppin, Germany
Grandfather:
Julius August Johann Warzecha
Birth: 8 March 1830 in Woiska, Prussia (Germany)
Death: Unkown
The village that Julius Warzecha was born in is located in Upper Silesia, and was named Woiska at the time of his birth. In 1936 the name of the village was changed to Hubertsgrund, during the time of the Third Reich. After World War 2, following the German defeat, the village was given to Poland, and the name was changed to Wojska.
Walter Warzecha was born in Schwiebus, Brandenburg, but the family was from Silesia originally. He grew up in Neuruppin where his father Max Warzecha was the mayor.
In 1947 he was released from being held as a prisoner of war, and he settled in Hamburg and worked for the Allianz insurance company.
He died of a heart attack on August 30, 1956 and is buried in the Nordfriedhof cemetery in Kiel Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland (Germany).
Wife:
Hildegard Hermeking Warzecha Born: July 4, 1906 in Berlin, Germany
Children:
Elisabeth Warzecha Ellers Born: October 12, 1929 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2012
Hildegard Warzecha Krause Born: December 7, 1930 in Kiel, Germany Died: 1990
Klaus Warzecha Born: October 24, 1934 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2014
Gisela Warzecha Blohm Born: March 21, 1936 in Kiel, Germany Died: 2014
Additional information about the ancestry of Generaladmiral Walter Warzecha was provided by Ralf Peters, fellow Find A Grave member and relative of Walter Warzecha.
Father:
Max Ernst Johann Karl Hugo Warzecha
Birth: 29 May 1861 In Breslau, Prussia (Germany)
Death: 25 March 1943 in Neuruppin, Germany
Grandfather:
Julius August Johann Warzecha
Birth: 8 March 1830 in Woiska, Prussia (Germany)
Death: Unkown
The village that Julius Warzecha was born in is located in Upper Silesia, and was named Woiska at the time of his birth. In 1936 the name of the village was changed to Hubertsgrund, during the time of the Third Reich. After World War 2, following the German defeat, the village was given to Poland, and the name was changed to Wojska.
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