Karl Dönitz
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Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer and politician who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Nazi Germany after the latter's suicide during the Second World War in April 1945. He h
Dönitz in 1943
Oberleutnant zur See Karl Dönitz as Watch Officer of U-39 during World War I
Commemorative plaque for Dönitz's sons, who both died in World War II: Leutnant zur See Peter Dönitz on 19 May 1943, as a watch officer on the U-954, and Oberleutnant zur See Klaus Dönitz on 13 May 1944, on the E-boat S-141
Dönitz observing the arrival of U-94 at Saint-Nazaire in France in June 1941
Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chan
Karl Dönitz
…Karl Dönitz (German: ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German naval officer and politician who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Nazi Germany after the latter's suicide during the Second World War in April 1945. He held this position until the dissolution…
Formal portrait, 1938
Hitler (c. 1889–90)
Hitler's father, Alois, c. 1900
Hitler's mother, Klara, 1870s