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| |  | | Karl Doenitz | | | context : | Nazi Germany  | | judgement place : | IMT - Nurenberg | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Sentenced to 10 years of prison (Spandau), he was freed in October 1956 after 11 years and 4 months | | position : | Admiral, commander in chief of the German naval fleet |
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| | | | In 1935, Doenitz took command of the fleet of the German submarines. He became vice-admiral in 1940 and eventually admiral in 1942. When he became commander in chief of the German naval fleet on January 30 1943, he authorized the German submarines to sink all commercial vessels, be they hostile or neutral. Moreover, in 1944, he ordered 12’000 prisoners held in concentration camps to be employed in shipyards. However, he was not directly responsible for these shipyards.
On September 17 1942, Doenitz issued the “Laconia Order” to the submarine fleet, an order that made it illegal to help any surviving members of sunken enemy vessels. On this occasion, Doenitz pointed out that Germany's enemies had not been preoccupied by the destiny of the women and children when they bombed the German cities.
From 1943, Hitler regularly consulted him in matters of naval strategy. In his last will, Hitler declared Doenitz his successor at the head of the German state.
Doenitz was arrested by British troops on May 23 1945. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Germany | | | date of birth : | | | 16.09.1891 | | | judgement period : | | | 20.11.1945 - 10.10.1946 | | | charges : | | | Aggression
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 23.05.2005 |
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