Extracts from a speech, on the importance of political-ideological training, and the soldier's duty to "stand with his whole weight" behind the German state, and Doenitz's desire to have as many warships as possible, noting "It does not matter to me who builds them."

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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)