Bernhard Prott

Bernhard Prott (16 September 1904 − 16 July 2013) was a German centenarian who was thought to be Germany's oldest living man at the time of his death.

Biography
Prott was born in the village of Archsum on the island of Sylt in 1904. He recalls that the economy on the island was so bad, that instead of shoes, he had to wear wooden slippers. Prott first worked on the mainland as a farmer. In 1926, he was one of the 1500 workers who built the Hindenburgdamm that connected Sylt to the mainland. The causeway was incorporated on 1 June 1927. Prott remembered shaking hands with President Paul von Hindenburg when he came to congratulate the workers. Prott was the last surviving worker.

Prott served in WWII. He was a soldier on the Russian front, and he was shot in battle. After the end of the war, he returned to his wife and they continued working on their farm, before retiring in 1969. Prott turned 100 in 2004, and became Germany's oldest living man upon the death of 110-year old Paul Veit. Prott died on 16 July 2013, aged 108 years, 303 days.