Survivors' List
Last Name	First Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Rank	Action Station
Achilles	Johann	29-10-1920		Matrosenobergefreiter (Stoker, 1. class)	No. 1 (After) turbine room
Alsen	Willi	27-11-1923		Matrosenobergefreiter	Ammunition supply section IX
Backhaus	Helmut	15-08-1924		Matrosenobergefreiter	Forward 105 mm (4.1") A/A communications number
Birke	Rudi	18-02-1922		Matrosengefreiter (Ordinary Seaman) (A.B)	Turret "B"
Boekhoff	Helmut	06-04-1924		Matrosengefreiter (Ordinary Seaman)	Stbd twin 37 mm. loading number
Bohle	Günter	14-01-1922		Matrosenobergefreiter	No. 4 port 105 mm (4.1") A/A
Feifer	Helmut	26-05-1923		Maschinenobergefreiter	Damage control party
Gödde	Wilhelm	01-12-1910		Oberbootsmannsmaat (Acting Chief Petty Off.)	Look-out port forward searchlight control
Groenewond	Heinz	03-09-1922		Matrosenobergefreiter	No. 2 105 mm (4.1") A/A ammo supply number
Hager	Hans	09-08-1924		Matrosengefreiter (Ordinary Seaman)	Stbd. forward twin 150 mm (5.9") sec. armament turret loading number
Hovedesbrunken	Wilhelm	13-03-1918		Matrosenhauptgefreiter (Able Seaman) (A.B)	No. 1 stbd. 150 mm (5.9") sec. armament communications number
Kastenholz	Johann	18-03-1917		Oberbootsmannmaat	No. 3 port 150 mm (5.9") sec. armament
Koster	Wilhelm	08-02-1921		Matrosengefreiter (Ordinary Seaman)	No. 1 stbd. 105 mm (4.1") A/A
Kruse	Wilhelm	14-05-1923		Steursmannsgefreiter A.B. (Navigator's Yeoman)	Admiral's staff
Laisz	Franz	10-05-1922		Maschinenobergefreiter	Engine room messenger
Lobin	Gerhard	22-12-1922		Matrose	Forward director tower lookout
Loffenholz	Heinrich	22-08-1922		Bootsmannmaat	No. 4 port after 150 mm (5.9") sec. armament
Lorke	Günter	24-07-1919		Matrose	After twin 105 mm (4.1") A/A
Marko	Franz	10-02-1923		Maschinenobergefreiter	Auxiliary boiler room
Merkle	Johann	04-10-1923		Mechanikergefreiter	Port twin 150 mm (5.9") sec. armament
Pfeil	Heinz	24-07-1919		Matrosenobergefreiter (A.B.)	Turret "C" ammo, hoist
Rauschert	Max	11-10-1919	21-11-1982	Maschinenhauptgefreiter	Engineers stores, section IX "tween deck"
Reimann	Ernst	04-01-1924		Mechanikergefreiter	Turret "C" hydraulic pump
Schaffrati	Paul	30-03-1920		Maschinenobergefreiter	Repair party ("Storungswehr") section IX "tween deck"
Schafer	Max	28-04-1924		Matrosengefreiter	No. 2 stbd. 105 mm (4.1") A/A
Scherer	Franz			Bootsmannmaat (Leading Seaman)	Controlling no. 3 stbd. 105 mm (4.1") twin mounting A/A and centre after 105 mm (4.1") A/A
Schutz	Hermann	13-08-1924		Matrosenobergefreiter	Stbd. twin 105 mm (4.1") A/A
Steiniganz	Hans	28-01-1921		Maschinenhaupt-gefreiter (Able Seaman) (Stoker, 1. class)	N/A
Strater	Günter	31-12-1923		Matrosengefreiter (Ordinary Seaman)	After 105 mm (4.1") A/A
Trzembiatowski	Hans	20-02-1923		Matrosenobergefreiter	N/A
Wallek	Martin	28-10-1921		Zimmermannobergefreiter (Shipwright A.B. Rating)	Damage control party
Wiebusch	Nicolaus	10-07-1922		Matrosenobergefreiter	After 37 mm. stbd.
Wiest	Johann	03-08-1924		Mahanikergefrater	Port A/A guns
Witte	Hubert	24-12-1922		Matrosenobergefreiter	Messenger on Admiral's bridge
Zanger	Rolf	04-12-1919		Maschinenhauptgefreiter	No. 1 boiler room
Zaubitzer	Horst	02-04-1924		Mechanikergefreiter (A.B) Quarters Amourer	Turret "C"

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