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Extract from Doenitz's war diary, identifying two ships sunk by U-boat 30 (omitting the sinking of the "Athenia")

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Karl Doenitz (admiral; submarine commander (1939-43; naval commander (1943-45))

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Karl Doenitz

German admiral, supreme commander of the Navy, head of state and convicted war criminal (1891-1980)

El Gran Almirante Karl Dönitz siempre defendió la utilización del submarino como la arma más práctica en la guerra naval

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)

Navy High Command, and/or Navy records (general, orders, war diaries, etc)

Date: 27 September 1939

Literal Title: Translation of Extract from the War Diary of the Chief of U Boats

Defendant: Erich Raeder

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: D-659

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 221

Document Book No: Prosecution 10 (Raeder)

Citations: IMT (page 2727), IMT (page 9831)

HLSL Item No.: 452973

Notes:The "chief of U boats" was Doenitz. The prosecutor pointed to the omission of the Athenia as part of the German cover-up, when presenting the exhibit (p. 2727).

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Naval warfare, crimes during, and background of (IMT)

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D-659: ATLANTIC -- German propaganda lies / NAVAL WARFARE, SUBMARINE -- Sinkings without warning: GB191, D-641 -- "Athenia" -- account by commander of U-30, Doenitz oral evidence / NAVAL WARFARE, SUBMARINE -- -- German denials -- propaganda / VLISSINGEN -- "Athenia" sinking, article concerning, Raeder accused, Fritzsche oral evidence -- Churchill accused, Schulte-Moenting oral evidence .. XIV-324 Raeder oral evidence