Felix Zymalkowski

Felix Zymalkowski
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Born	13 August 1913 Berlin-Grünau
Died	17 August 2004(2004-08-17) (aged 91) Bonn
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1934–1945
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Unit	SSS Gorch Fock cruiser Karlsruhe cruiser Admiral Graf Spee battleship Gneisenau
Battles / wars	Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Felix Zymalkowski (13 August 1913 – 17 August 2004) was a Nazi German naval officer and pharmaceutical chemist. During World War II, Zymalkowski commanded a Schnellboot. His performance earned him multiple awards for excellence, culminating in the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1943. Subsequently, in 1944, Zymalkowski married Barbara Zimmermann. The marriage would produce two daughters, Katharina (born 1946) and Brigitte (born 1948). Zymalkowski studied under Karl Wilhelm Rosenmund after the war at the University of Kiel in West Germany. He habilitated in 1955 and became a full professor at the University of Bonn in 1963.

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• Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)