__NOTOC__ Kurt Böhmer (31 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was an officer in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany who commanded the 9th Security Division from 17 June 1944. He was shot and killed on a hunting trip together with three foresters at Ventspils in Latvia by partisans on 1 October 1944. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (6 January 1916)Dörr 1995, p. 64. Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936) Komturkreuz des Spanisch-Marokkanischen Mehdauia-Ordens (13 May 1938) Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (1 April 1939) Spanish Cross in Silver (6 June 1939) Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 April 1940) Iron Cross (1939), 1st Class (21 April 1940) Minesweeper War Badge (17 January 1941) Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with Swords (12 October 1942) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 October 1940 as Kapitän zur See and Chief of Staff of the Security Forces of the North SeaFellgiebel 2000, p. 137.
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Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine, Band 1: A-K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. .