Kapitän zur See Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff
(1894-1939)
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December 17, 1939: The scene in the motor launch just minuets before the explosion. Kapitän zur See Hans W.
Langsdorff, seated and looking despondent and Fregattenkapitän Paul Ascher (standing center), have just
left the Admiral Graf Spee after setting the scuttling charges.

(Photo courtesy of Hugh R. Sochi, from the private collection of Hugo Oehler Jr. son of
Matrosenobergefreiter Hugo Oehler, Division 4, Admiral Graf Spee)

 

December 18, 1939: Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff speaking with officials of the Argentinean navy in
Buenos Aires.

 

December 18, 1939: Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

(Photo courtesy of Hugo R. Sochi, from the private collection of Delia S. Neumann wife of
Matrosenobergefreiter Gustav Neumann, Division 3, Admiral Graf Spee)

 

December 18, 1939: From left to right; Korvettenkapitän Jürgen Wattenberg, Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff and Kapitän zur See Walter Kay at Buenos Aires.

(Photo courtesy of Hugo R. Sochi, from the private collection of Delia S. Neumann wife of
Matrosenobergefreiter Gustav Neumann, Division 3, Admiral Graf Spee)

 

December 20, 1939: The body of Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff is removed from the naval arsenal at Buenos Aires.

(Photo courtesy of Hugo R. Sochi, from the private collection of Ana Marcela Halupczok, daughter of
Maschinengefreiter Erich Halupczok, Division 9, Admiral Graf Spee)

 



Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff Photo Gallery
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