Karl Witzell

Karl Witzell
Born	(1884-10-18)18 October 1884 Hiersfeld near Wesel, Rhine Province
Died	31 May 1976(1976-05-31) (aged 91) West-Berlin
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Imperial German Navy  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1902–42
Rank	Generaladmiral
Unit	SMS Elbing SMS Frankfurt SMS Graudenz SMS Schleswig-Holstein SMS Braunschweig
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross
Other work	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wehrtechnik

Karl Witzell (18 October 1884, Hiersfeld near Wesel – 31 May 1976, Berlin) was a German naval officer who rose to General Admiral and head of the Marinewaffenhauptamt during the Second World War.

Decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog
• Friedrich August Cross, Second and First Class
• Prussian Service award
• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class with Oak Leaves
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• War Merit Cross with Swords
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on 6 October 1942 as Generaladmiral and Chef des Marinewaffenhauptamtes^[1]

Bibliography

• Hildebrand, Hans (1989). P–Z. Deutschlands Admirale 1849–1945. Die militärischen Werdegänge der See-, Ingenieur-, Sanitäts-, Waffen- und Verwaltungsoffiziere im Admiralsrang (in German). 3. Osnabrück: Biblio. pp. 568–569. ISBN 3764814993.