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Biography of Karl Doenitz
Name: Karl Doenitz
Birth Date: September 16, 1891
Death Date: December 24, 1980
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: naval officer
Karl Doenitz
At the end of World War II, Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz (1891-1980) was hand-picked to succeed Adolph Hitler as reich president and supreme commander of the armed forces. He stood trial at Neuremberg for war crimes, but received the relatively light sentence of ten years in Spandau Prison. Throughout the trial and sentencing, Doenitz expressed surprise that he was being sentenced at all.Karl Doenitz was born on September 16, 1891 in Berlin, Germany. He was the second son of Emil Doenitz and Anna Beyer. His father was an engineer with the firm of Karl Zeiss of Jena, a world leader in the field of optics. His mother died on March 6, 1895, when Karl was only three years old. By all accounts, he and his older brother, Friedrich, had a warm and personal relationship with their father. Emil Doenitz never remarried and kept the memory of his wife alive in the hearts of his …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…those attending were a hundred Knight's Cross holders. Attendees were forbidden to wear uniforms because members of the German government felt that Doenitz had been too deeply involved with the activities of the Third Reich. Further Reading Columbia Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press, 1993.Encarta Encyclopedia, Microsoft Corporation, 1993-1998.King, J. E., Admiral Karl Doenitz: A Legacy of Leadership, Naval Warr College, Newport RI, Joint Military Operations Dept., 1995.Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1995.Padfield, Peter, Doenitz, The Last Fuhrer Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984.Who's Who in Nazi Germany, Wiederfield and Nicolsa, London, 1982."Biography of Karl Donitz," www.euronet.nl/users/wilfred/ww2/donitz.htm (1/13/2000)."Karl C. Doenitz" http://www.galenet.com/servletBio...+C+Doenitz&DT=Additional+Resources (1/15/2000)."Karl Doenitz," http://www.galenet.com/servlet/Bio...T=Narrative+Biography+OR+Biography (1/15/2000).http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/imt/tgmwe/judgement/j-defendents-doenitz.html (1/13/2000). "Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote (BdU), Karl Donitz," http://uboat.net/men/doenitz.htm, (1/13/2000).
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