Karlgeorg Schuster (19 August 1886-16 June 1973) was an Admiral with the

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. He was born on 19 August 1886 at

Uelzen Uelzen (; officially the ''Hanseatic Town of Uelzen'', German: ''Hansestadt Uelzen'', , Low German ''Ülz’n'') is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the county of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a ...

, Germany. Schuster joined the Imperial Navy on the 1 April 1905, as a sea cadet. He died on 16 June 1977 at Kitzeberg bei Kiel, Germany.

References

*Hans H. Hildebrand und Ernest Henriot: Deutschlands Admirale 1849-1945, Band 3: P-Z (Packroß bis Zuckschwerdt), Osnabrück 1990, , pp. 313–315. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schuster, Karlgeorg 1886 births 1973 deaths Admirals of the Kriegsmarine German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States