The German Instrument of Surrender was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe. It was signed at 22:43
Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender document, 8 May 1945
Third and last page of the German instrument of unconditional surrender signed in Berlin, Germany on 8 May 1945
Instrument of Surrender document
Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery (seated second from the right) signs the terms of the surrender watched by Rear Admiral Wagner and Admiral von Friedeburg on 4 May 1945.
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
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Hans-Georg Friedrich Ludwig Robert von Friedeburg was a German admiral, the deputy commander of the U-boat Forces of Nazi Germany and the second-to-last Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. He was
German Instrument of Surrender
…surrenders (and the signing in Reims) Germany signed its final document to surrender to the Allied side in Berlin. Dönitz's representative, Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, informed him on 6 May that Eisenhower was now insisting on "immediate, simultaneous and unconditional surrender on all fronts." General Alfred Jodl…
Friedeburg in 1945
Montgomery (right) and von Friedeburg signing the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath, 4 May 1945
Friedeburg (right) witnessing the surrender being signed by Generaloberst Alfred Jodl with Major Wilhelm Oxenius to the left.
Friedeburg's grave next to that of Wolfgang Lüth