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Otto Steinbrinck | |
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 Otto Steinbrinck | |
| Born | 19 December 1888 Lippstadt, Province of Westphalia, German Empire |
| Died | 16 August 1949 (aged 60) Landsberg Prison, Landsberg am Lech, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | German Imperial Navy Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1907–1919 1933–1945 |
| Rank | .svg){kind=small} Kapitänleutnant Brigadeführer |
| Commands | 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 – 16 August 1949) 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 had a highly successful career in industry in the 1920s. Through the Freundeskreis Reichsführer SS, he cultivated 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 Europe into the German war economy were what in the end brought him before the court at Nuremberg.