evidence, the defendant was awarded the following decorations: On the 18th of September 1939 the Cluster of the Iron Cross, first class, for the U-bo [ ... ]
forces under him." And then the last sentence of that paragraph: "In spite of all his duties he never lost touch with his men and he showed a master [ ... ]
for the soldier to support the execution of his duty with all his mental, all his spiritual energy, and for this his conviction, his ideology are indi [ ... ]
He in whom this grows and thrives in unison is superior to the other. Then indeed the whole importance, the whole weight of his conviction comes into [ ... ]
our present uncompromising world outlook, we would long since have succumbed to the burdens of this war and been subject to the merciless destruction [ ... ]
he died a hero's death in the capital of the German Reich, after having led an unmistakably straight and steady life." My Lord, I am afraid there is [ ... ]
The next document, C-172, I put in as GB-189. It consists of the Defendant's own operational instructions to his U-boats for the operation "Fall Weis [ ... ]
locations of the sinkings in the following week, including that of the Athenia which will be dealt with by my learned friend Mr. Elwin Jones, provide [ ... ]
to 3 September 1939." My Lord, I turn to the Defendant's participation in war crimes and crimes against humanity. shipping by the U-boats followed un [ ... ]
The course of the war at sea during the first eighteen months is summarized by two official British reports made at a time when those who compiled th [ ... ]