German U-Boat ace Werner Henke was a hero in more ways than one. He managed to achieve the rank of U-boat commandant [Korvettenkapitän] without ever entering the Nazi party or in any way belonging to any Nazi dominated organization. He was an individualist, even an iconoclast of the first order. He was not afraid to confront the party apparatus, the Gestapo or anyone else. He did it all, honestly, forthrightly, brave and convinced of his moral correctness.