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Karl Dönitz's sons both died in World War II: Lieutenant Peter Dönitz on May 19, 1943, as a watch officer on the U-954, Oberleutnant Klaus Dönitz on May 13, 1944, on the E-boat S-141. On 27 May 1916, Dönitz married a nurse named Ingeborg Weber (1893–1962), the daughter of German general Erich Weber (1860–1933). They had three children ...
In 1937 he married Karl Dönitz's daughter, Ursula. The marriage produced two sons, Peter and Klaus, and a daughter, Ute. Hessler took command of torpedo-boat Falke on 27 March 1938. He remained in this position until 8 January 1940, earning the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 18 November 1939.
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.
Günther Prien (16 January 1908 – presumed 8 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II.He was the first U-boat commander to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the first member of the Kriegsmarine to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
The Laconia Order (German: Laconia-Befehl) was issued by Großadmiral Karl Dönitz during World War II as a result of the Laconia incident, forbidding the rescue of any survivors. Prior to this incident, vessels of the Kriegsmarine customarily picked up survivors of sunk Allied vessels.
Rolf Hans Wilhelm Karl Carls (29 May 1885 – 24 April 1945) was a high-ranking German admiral and deputy to Kriegsmarine commander-in-chief Erich Raeder during much of World War II. Carls served as Flottenchef ( Fleet Commander ), the navy's highest ranking administrative officer, and was a member of the Oberkommando der Marine (High Command ...
Dohna was married to Maria-Agnes née von Borcke, with whom he had a daughter Ursula (1922-2022) and three sons, Lothar (1924-2021), Fabian (1926-2006) and Karl Albrecht (1921-1941). [2] Maria-Agnes was sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp after her arrest on 21 July 1944. She survived the war and died in 1983.
The couple had two more children together: Karl and Ursula. Karl, Clifton, and Theodore later became professors, of English, history, and psychology, respectively, and Ursula became a well-known author under her married name Ursula K. Le Guin. [7] [26] In June 1926, the Kroebers left their children with Theodora's mother and went on an eight ...