Heinrich Garbers ( German: Heinrich Garbers ; d. 1963 ) - naval officer , reserve lieutenant . He was not a krigsmarine personnel officer and did not have a military education. Garbers was transferred to the Abwehr by the Sonderführer , and later officially adopted by the Kriegsmarine . Garbers served on an ocean sailing ship commanded by H. Nissen. This ship was subordinate to the Abwehr and directly to Admiral Canaris and performed special tasks (delivery and removal of agents, weapons, etc.).
Completed tasks
- The first campaign during the Second World War made in Ireland.
- The second campaign (1941) - to South America.
Then Garbers was instructed to acquire a ship in Brest for secretly crossing the Atlantic. Garbers chose the 16-meter-long Passim sailing yacht, which had an additional small internal combustion engine. On this ship, he continued to perform special tasks.
- The third campaign (August 2 - December 24, 1943) - Germany-Namibia-Bay of Mossamedes-strong storm - Bayonne, France.
- Fourth trip - two agents delivered to Cabo Frio , Brazil.
- The fifth trip is to Punta Mogades , Argentina. Two agents and a consignment of medicines were delivered; on the return trip, three agents were delivered to the port of Vigo, Spain. From there, Garbers on Fock Wolfe 200 was taken to Berlin, and on November 1, 1944, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross .
In total, during the course of special operations, he spent 545 days at sea, more than any other commander of the Kriegsmarine, more than 35 thousand nautical miles (more than 68 thousand kilometers) have passed during this time.
In May 1945, representatives of the Allied intelligence asked Garbers the names of the submarines on which he carried out his missions, his answer provoked distrust.
After the end of the war, he spent three years in custody, and subsequently headed his own small shipyard in Hamburg .
Literature
- Zalessky K.A. Kriegsmarine. Navy of the Third Reich. - M .: Eksmo , 2005 .-- 638 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-699-10354-6 .
Links
- Ritterkreuzträger Heinrich Garbers (German)