leon21 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Detmers and his officers were held as POWs in HM. Prison Dhurringile, while there he wrote a coded account of the battle between HMAS Sydney and the Kormoran that survived the war and later would turn his account into a book. Detmers tried to escape with other members of his crew through a tunnel, they hoped to capture a sailboat and get to indonesia, however the attempt failed. Later during his imprisonment he suffered a stroke,he was returned to Germany in 1947 and was released from British captivity in Munster. Due to his stroke he was incapacitated for service in the post war German Navy. In the early 1950s he married Ursula Reinhardt daughter of an Evangeilical Pastor. They had no children and he died in Rahlstedt Hamburg on 4th Nov 1976 ( aged 74 ). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Here is the gravestone, cemetery Hamburg-Rahlstedt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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