OFFICES AND POSITIONS HELD BY DEFENDANT KARL DOENITZ
.'It is hereby agreed that Karl Doenitz, a defendant in the action pending before the International Military Tribunal, was appointed or elected, as the case may be, to the positions, and held the offices entitled thereto during the time as set forth below:
1891 Born in Berlin
1910 Joined the Navy as Seekadett
1913 Leutnant zur See
1912-1916 Kreuzer "Breslau"
1915 Oberleutnant zur See
1916 Transferred to Submarine Arm
1918 Taken prisoner
1919 Returned to Reichsmarine
1928 Korvettenkapitaeu
1928-1930 Commander of Destroyer Flotilla
1930-1934 Staff Officer, North See Station (Wilhelmshaven)
1934 Commander of Emden—-training cruiser Fregatten-kapitaen
1935 Commander of Weddigne Submarine Flotilla Kapitaen zur See
1936 Rose to Commander of the Submarine Arm (Feuhrer d.Unterseeboote)
1939 Kommodore
1939 Konteradmiral
Befehlshaber (Commander-in-chief) der Unterseeboote
2887-PS
1940
1942
1943
1945
Vizeadmiral
Admiral
(Jan 30) Grossadmiral, Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine, (OKM) suceeding Gorssadmiral Raeder. Commander-in-chief of the Submarine Arm.
(May 1) Staatsoberhaupt, Head of Germany (succeeding Hitler)
CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that the above is true, this 8th day of November 1945.
/s/ Karl Doenitz
Defendant
- /s/ Kranzbuehler
Attorney for Defendant
List of Doenitz's positions and ranks in the Navy (1910-43) and as Hitler's successor as head of state (1945)
Authors
Karl Doenitz (admiral; submarine commander (1939-430; naval commander (1943-45))
Karl Doenitz
German admiral, supreme commander of the Navy, head of state and convicted war criminal (1891-1980)
- Born: 1891-09-16 (Grünau) (country: German Empire; located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingdom of Prussia)
- Died: 1980-12-22 1980-12-24 (Aumühle) (country: West Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Schleswig-Holstein)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: autobiographer; military officer; politician; soldier (period: 1910-01-01 through 1918-01-01, 1920-01-01 through 1945-01-01)
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Nuremberg trials (charge: war crime, war of aggression; defender: Otto Kranzbühler; role: defendant)
- Military rank: Admiral (period: 1942-03-14 through 1943-01-30); Commodore (period: 1939-01-28 through 1939-10-01); Fregattenkapitän (period: 1933-10-01 through 1935-10-01); Fähnrich zur See (period: 1911-04-15 through 1913-09-27)
- Military branch: German Navy; Imperial German Navy (since: 1910-04-01); Kriegsmarine (since: 1935-06-01)
Otto Kranzbuehler (defense attorney, IMT)
Otto Kranzbuehler
German judge (1907-2004)
- Born: 1907-07-08 (Berlin)
- Died: 2004-08-09 (Tegernsee)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: advocate; judge; lawyer
- Participant in: Flick Trial (role: criminal defense lawyer); International Military Tribunal (role: criminal defense lawyer)
- Educated at: University of Bonn; University of Freiburg; University of Geneva; University of Kiel
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/42629871
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000010005826
Date: 08 November 1945
Literal Title: Offices and Positions Held by Defendant Karl Do[e]nitz
Defendant: Karl Doenitz
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2887
Citation: IMT (page 2641)
HLSL Item No.: 452865
Notes:Another copy of PS 2887 had been entered as US exhibit 12; this copy was used with the same exhibit number.