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Karl Dönitz (German: [ˈdøːnɪts] ⓘ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German navy officer who, following Adolf Hitler's suicide, succeeded him as head of state of Nazi Germany in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later.
The Flensburg Government (German: Flensburger Regierung), also known as the Flensburg Cabinet (Flensburger Kabinett), the Dönitz Government (Regierung Dönitz), or the Schwerin von Krosigk Cabinet (Kabinett Schwerin von Krosigk), was the rump government of Nazi Germany during a period of three weeks around the end of World War II in Europe.
He died of natural causes in Kiel on 6 November 1960. [1] [40] His wife had died the previous year. He is buried in the Nordfriedhof (North Cemetery) in Kiel. [2] [3] [41] Former Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz attended his funeral on 12 November 1960. [42]
Alfred Josef Ferdinand Jodl (German: ⓘ; born Alfred Josef Baumgärtler; [3] 10 May 1890 – 16 October 1946) was a German Army Generaloberst (the rank was equal to a four-star full general) who served as the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht – the German Armed Forces High Command – throughout World War II.
He entered into heated arguments with former comrades over the cause for which they fought. Topp was particularly critical of Admiral Karl Dönitz, commander-in-chief of U-boats and later the Kriegsmarine. [5] After the war, Topp expressed his view that the German naval command, and his superior Karl Dönitz, knew of the Holocaust. [11]
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On 23 May 1945, in Flensburg, a group of former Nazi members, including Karl Dönitz, were taken into captivity as prisoners of war, and Admiral Friedeburg committed suicide. [34] Pursuant to Article 4 of the Instrument of Surrender, the Berlin Declaration on 5 June 1945 confirmed the Nazi defeat and Nazi de facto fall as well as established ...