Peter-Erich Cremer

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Peter-Erich Cremer
25 March 1911 – 5 July 1992
Nickname	"Ali"
Place of birth	Metz, Alsace-Lorraine
Place of death	Hamburg, Germany
Allegiance	Germany
Years of service	1932-1945
Rank	Korvettenkapitän
Commands held	U-152, 1941-1-29 – 1941-7-21 U-333, 1941-8-25 – 1942-10-6 U-333, 1943-5-18 – 1944-7-19 U-2519, 1944-11-15 – 1945
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Peter-Erich Cremer (25 March 1911 – 5 July 1992) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War. He commanded U-333 from from August 25, 1941 to October 6, 1942 and again from May 18, 1943, to July 19, 1944. As the War drew to a close, he was attached to the personal security unit defending Karl Dönitz.

He was one of only a very few U-boat commanders to survive the war. Cremer recounted his experiences in the memoir "U-Boat Commander: a periscope view of the Battle of the Atlantic."