December 21, 1939: The funeral procession for Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff, in the front row from left to right are; Korvettenkapitän (ing.) Carl Klepp, Fregattenkapitän Paul Ascher and Korvettenkapitän Jürgen
Wattenberg. (Note, Fregattenkapitän Paul Ascher returned to Germany and was assigned to the Bismarck,
he was killed when Bismarck was sunk May 27, 1941.)

(From the collection of Kapitän zur See (ing.) Carl Klepp (1900-1974) Admiral Graf Spee)
Courtesy of Dr. Peter Feuerstein

 

December 21, 1939: The coffin of Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff at the German Cemetery in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Standing next to the coffin Korvettenkapitän (ing.) Carl Klepp (left) and Korvettenkapitän Jürgen
Wattenberg (right).

(From the collection of Kapitän zur See (ing.) Carl Klepp (1900-1974) Admiral Graf Spee)
Courtesy of Dr. Peter Feuerstein

 

December 21, 1939: A wreath is laid at a monument for the fallen of World War 1 which is near the grave of
Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff in the German Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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

 

The original cross marking the grave of Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff in the German Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

(Photo courtesy of Hugo R. Sochi and Roxana Cavallo.
From the private collection of Amalia Nélida Levalle Cavallo, wife of
Matrosengefreiter Herbert Schaefer, Division 1, Admiral Graf Spee)

 

The grave of Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff seen in July 2007.

(Photo courtesy of Patricio Vega)
© 2007 Patricio Vega all rights reserved

 

The grave of Kapitän zur See Hans W. Langsdorff in the German Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina in Dec. 2007.

(Photo courtesy of Patricio Vega)
© 2007 Patricio Vega all rights reserved