Henri Salmide, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Salmide

German naval officer

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1919

Place of Birth: Dortmund, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 23-Feb-2010

Profession: Marineoffizier

Nationality: France, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Henri Salmide (13 November 1919 – 23 February 2010), named Heinz Stahlschmidt at birth, was a German naval officer who, in August 1944, refused to blow up the port of Bordeaux, France when so ordered by his superiors during World War II.
Instead, he blew up the bunker containing the ordnance that had been stock-piled for the purpose of destroying the port.