Lauzemis is not the only example of Baltic german
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Noone less than Wolfgang Lüth:
http://www.uboat.net/men/luth.htm, born in Riga (Latvia)
RoaldLarsen did a beautiful sum-up of the matter
Ha ha you like Adelstiteln (Nobiliary or Peerage titles)?
After WW1 nobiliary titles were abolished in germany, but all descendants of a noble man were allowed to keep the title as part of their family name.
There were many examples in WW2 of U-Boat commanders coming from noble families (A tradition rooted to the Prussian Army).
Under the "F" you can find all "Freiherr" (Baron):
http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/f.htm though some are outside like the famous Von Tiesenhausen:
http://www.uboat.net/men/tiesenhausen.htm
Under the "G" you would find all "Graff" (Earl or Count), but there are none actually
There are some funny anecdotes about german peers in WW1, I will narrate one for you to enjoy:
Graff (Earl) Zu Dohna-Schlodien was in command of the auxiliary cruiser (A disguised merchant armed with hidden guns for traffic rading) Möewe during WW1. Having a friendly conversation with the captain of one of his preys, the coal-ship "Minieh" the british prisoner captain told him about a british task force that was looking for the german raider. The german asked him about the commander of the task force, commenting how boring that service of endless search in an empty sea must be, and to that the british captain replied to the german nobleman "Well you know something....he is not an ordinary man like you or me....he is an Earl!"
You can imagine the internal laugh the german captain had when hearing this
