Talk:Günter Hessler

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#REDIRECT List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ba–Bm) -- pls see Talk
It was contested by LargelyRecyclable (talk · contribs) on 2017-09-17 with the comment:
Restore article. Meets SOLDIER #4 as commander of the single most successful u boat mission of the war, #6/8 as the subject matter authority commissioned by the British MoD to write the classified German account of the u-boat war.

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I was able to locate an interview with Ursula Hessler Donitz from the Age newspaper dated July 4, 1973, (see ref below) where she names a son, Peter Donitz-Hessler, and a daughter, Ute (presumably also Donitz-Hessler, but no last name mentioned in the article.) A third child, unnamed, is also mentioned in the article. Does anyone have any further information on Donitz's grandchildren and great-grandchildren that would be appropriate for this article?

The interview is at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19730704&id=VBEQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ypADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6882,335501

Notability[edit]

Does not meet WP:SOLDIER & sig RS coverage not found link, just passing mentions and / or non RS militaria literature, such as by Gordon Williamson (writer), who is known for uncritically reproducing the claims of post-war hagiographic accounts and wartime German propaganda. The article's copy is cited to a self-published web site, which is insufficient for notability.

No de.wiki article exists. Did not hold a significant command and topped out as Fregattenkapitän. Successful completion of missions (patrols undertaken, # of enemy ships & GRT sunk, etc) is not part of SOLDIER. Please also see a note at MilHist Talk Archives for background behind the redirect. In summary, per the outcome of the discussion at Notability:People on notability of Knight's Cross recipients: permalink, certain recipients were deemed non notable and WP:SOLDIER has been modified accordingly: diff. The articles of these recipients are being redirected to alphabetical lists. K.e.coffman (talk) 02:53, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]