Otto Steinbrinck
| Otto Steinbrinck | |
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Otto Steinbrick
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| Born | December 19, 1888 Lippstadt |
| Died |
August 16, 1949 (aged 60) Landsberg am Lech |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch | German Imperial Navy, SS |
| Rank | Kapitänleutnant, Brigadeführer |
| Commands held |
SM UB-10 SM UB-18 SM UC-65 |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards | Pour le Mérite |
Otto Steinbrinck (19 December 1888, Lippstadt – 16 August 1949, Landsberg am Lech) was a highly decorated World War I Naval Officer and German industrialist, who was later indicted and found guilty in the Nuremberg Flick Trial.
Having had a very successful career as a U-Boat Commander in World War I, during which he won the much-coveted Pour le Mérite, Steinbrinck was to have an astounding career in industry in the 1920s. Through the Freundeskreis Reichsführer SS he could fruitfully expand relationships with the Third Reich's leading circles. Steinbrinck's leading position within the Flick conglomerate and his role in integrating coalmines and heavy industry in occupied West European lands into the German war economy were what in the end brought him before the court at Nuremberg.
The schoolteacher's son was from 1907 a professional soldier in the German Imperial Navy, and as of 1911 saw service on several submarines. In World War I, Steinbrinck was one of the most successful U-boat commanders; in 1916, he was decorated with the Pour le Mérite. He eventually sank 216 ships including the protected cruiser HMS Ariadne. However, in 1919, after the German Empire had lost the war, no further use could be found for him in the reconstituted Reichsmarine, and so he was discharged with the rank of Kapitänleutnant.
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