Affidavit concerning Doentiz's order prohibiting rescue efforts for enemy crew members in order to destroy enemy manpower, and the way in which it was carried out, and an order to not formally record any action contrary to international law

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Karl-Heinz Moehle (senior officer, 5th U-boat flotilla)

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Karl-Heinz Moehle

German U-boat commander

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  • Born: 1910-07-31 (Norden)
  • Died: 1996-11-17 (Ahrensburg)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: Marineoffizier; military personnel (period: 1930-04-01 through 1945-05-08); submariner
  • Participant in: Nuremberg trials (role: witness); Q14404968 (role: witness)
  • Military rank: Fähnrich zur See (period: 1932-01-01 through 1934-03-31); Korvettenkapitän (icon: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kriegsmarine%20epaulette%20Korvettenkapit%C3%A4n.svg, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kriegsmarine-Korvettenkapit%C3%A4n.png; since: 1943-03-01, 1943-04-01); Leutnant zur See (period: 1934-10-01 through 1936-05-31); Oberfähnrich zur See (period: 1934-04-01 through 1934-09-30)
  • Military branch: German Navy (period: 1930-04-01 through 1935-05-31); Kriegsmarine (period: 1935-06-01 through 1945-05-08)
  • Educated at: Naval Academy at Mürwik (period: 1932-04-01 through 1933-03-27)

Karl Doenitz (admiral; submarine commander (1939-430; 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)

Date: 21 July 1945

Literal Title: [second page:] Translation of a Written Statement by Korvettenkapitan Moehle Dated 19th July, 1945

Defendant: Karl Doenitz

Total Pages: 6

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-382

Citation: IMT (page 2682)

HLSL Item No.: 452889

Notes:Doenitz's order (17 September 1942) also appears in document D 630.

Trial Issue

Naval warfare, crimes during (IMT)

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

PS-382: Translation of a written statement by Korvetten [Illegible] Moehle

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PS-382: Affidavit of KorvettenkapitÄn Moehle, 21 July 1945, concerning top-secret wireless order by dÖnitz given September 1942 to all U-boats and operational flotillas to the effect that in the Sea war all enemy ships and crews are to be destroyed and that rescue measures are forbidden