Dönitz

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Iron_Cross_(1914)_1st_and_2nd_Class
gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun,_2nd_class
U-boat War Badge (1918)
gptkbp:birthDate 1891-09-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Grünau,_German_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace Waldfriedhof Aumühle
gptkbp:children gptkb:Klaus_Dönitz
gptkb:Peter_Dönitz
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Kriegsmarine
U-boat arm (U-Bootwaffe)
gptkbp:convictedOf war crimes
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-12-24
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Aumühle,_West_Germany
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Karl_Dönitz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dönitz
gptkbp:imprisonedAt gptkb:Spandau_Prison
10 years
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:militaryRank Großadmiral (Grand Admiral)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableEvent Developed wolfpack tactics for U-boats
Led Flensburg Government after Hitler's death
Signed German Instrument of Surrender (1945)
gptkbp:notableFor Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine
President of Germany (Flensburg Government)
Commander of the German U-boat fleet
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Memoirs:_Ten_Years_and_Twenty_Days
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:naval_officer
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Adolf_Hitler_(as_head_of_state)
gptkbp:rankAtEndOfWar Großadmiral
gptkbp:releasedFromPrison 1956
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:serviceYears 1910–1945
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ingeborg_Weber
gptkbp:successor None (office abolished)
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (as leading minister)
gptkbp:trial gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Klötze
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6