The ripples on Flensburger Forde glittered in the bright sunlight as Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, last Führer of the Third Reich, marched stiffly up the gangplank of the Patria, an old German liner ...
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Karl Dönitz: The admiral who became Führer
As Hitler died in Berlin, Admiral Karl Dönitz assumed power and tried to save what was left of Germany. From his base at Flensburg, he negotiated surrender while chaos spread across Europe. This ...
The Third Reich was ending in political rubble and rabble. But even death demands an undertaker. To head the rump Reich appeared a rump Führer—Grand Admiral Ivarl Doenitz, a fanatical Nazi, and Hitler ...
LONDON --MAY 8, 1945 -- German Foreign Minister Count Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigke announced Germany's unconditional surrender to his countrymen Monday and summoned them to a new life, guided by ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In 1978, Time magazine donated ...
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