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- Karl Dönitz (16 September 1891 - 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later. As Supreme Commander of the Navy beginning in 1943, he played a major role in the naval history of World War II.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseIngeborg Weber(May 26, 1916 - May 2, 1962) (her death, 3 children)
- ChildrenKlaus DönitzPeter DönitzUrsula Dönitz
- ParentsEduard Carl Emil DönitzWilhelmine Emilie Anna Beyer
- Following the death of Adolf Hitler, as President (not Chancellor) of the Third Reich during the first week of May 1945, he negotiated Germany's surrender in WWII to the Allied powers.
- He is referred to, by name, in Winston Churchill's V-E Day speech, 8 May 1945.
- German naval officer during World War II who attained the rank of Großadmiral, the Navy's equivalent of a Field Marshal.
- He was sentence to ten years' imprisonment at the Nuremberg Trials for waging unrestricted warfare at sea, even though the British and Americans had done likewise throughout the Battles of the Atlantic and the Pacific.
- A framed photo of Dönitz appears prominently on the wall of the submarine in Das Boot (1981).
- In comparison to Hitler we are all pipsqueaks. Anyone who believes he can do better than the Führer is stupid.
- I would rather eat dirt than see my grandchildren grow up in the filthy, poisonous atmosphere of Jewry.
- I never had any idea of the goings-on as far as Jews were concerned. Hitler said each man should take care of his business and mine was U-boats and the Navy.
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