Karl Dönitz

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Red_Eagle
gptkb:Iron_Cross
gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves
gptkbp:birthDate 1891-09-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Grünau,_German_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Waldfriedhof,_Aumühle,_Germany
gptkbp:children gptkb:Klaus_Dönitz
gptkb:Peter_Dönitz
gptkb:Ursula_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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Karl Dönitz
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Imperial_German_Navy
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableEvent Developed wolfpack tactics for U-boats
Surrendered Germany to the Allies in May 1945
gptkbp:notableFor Commander of German U-boats in World War II
President of Germany after Hitler's death
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:naval_officer
politician
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:rank Großadmiral (Grand Admiral)
gptkbp:releasedFromPrison 1956
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:sentence 10 years imprisonment
gptkbp:serviceYears 1910–1945
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ingeborg_Weber
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lutz_Graf_Schwerin_von_Krosigk_(as_Leading_Minister)
gptkbp:termEnd 1945-05-23
gptkbp:termStart 1945-04-30
gptkbp:trial gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Ten_Years_and_Twenty_Days_(memoir)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:Karl
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4