Dönitz: The Last Führer (88 page)

243
   OKW KTB 30.4.1945

244
   Dönitz:
40 Fragen
, p. 164; see also Steinert, pp. 62–3

245
   OKW KTB 1.5.1945

246
   Cited Lüdde-Neurath, p. 126

247
   Cited ibid.

SEVEN
The Last Führer

    
1
   Steinert, p. 133

    
2
   OKW KTB 1.5.1945

    
3
   ibid.

    
4
   ibid.

    
5
   ibid., 6.5.1945

    
6
   Speer:
Erinnerungen
, p. 495

    
7
   H. Jaenecke in
Stern
, Jan. 9, 1981, p. 61

    
8
   See Steinert, p. 145

    
9
   Speer:
Erinnerungen
, p. 493

  
10
   OKW KTB 2.5.1945

  
11
   See Speer:
Erinnerungen, p
. 496; also Steinert, p. 140

  
12
   Steinert, p. 145

  
13
   ibid., p. 144

  
14
   ibid.

  
15
   ibid., p. 147

  
16
   OKW KTB 5.5.1945

  
17
   Schaeffer, p. 163

  
18
   Cited Lüdde-Neurath, p. 131

  
19
   Lüdde-Neurath, p. 67 (of 1st edition)

  
20
   ‘The Scuttled U-boats’ in
Law Reports of the Trials of War Criminals
, HMSO, 1947, vol. I, pp. 55 ff.

  
21
   OKW KTB 5.5.1945

  
22
   ‘The Scuttled U-boats’ above ref. 20, p. 58

  
23
   OKW KTB 7.5.1945

  
24
   See ibid., 6.5.1945

  
25
   ibid.

  
26
   ibid., 7.5.1945

  
27
   H. Jaenecke in
Stern
, above ret. 7

  
28
   OKW KTB 8–9.5.1945

  
29
   Höss, p. 148

  
30
   ibid.

  
31
   H. Macher to F. Lynder

  
32
   Shirer:
End of a Berlin Diary
, p. 131

  
33
   OKM 1/Skl. I/i 1157/45 v. 12.3.45; OKM
Allgemeine Akten Mai
1945 BA/MA III M 15; cited Salewski, vol. II, p. 559; also OKW KTB 12.5.1945

  
34
   OKW KTB 15.5.1945

  
35
   ibid., 12.5.1945

  
36
   ibid., 11.5.1945; see also Steinert, p. 193

  
37
   Report of Admty. Mission to Flensburg, May 21–24, 1945; PRO ADM 1 18222

  
38
   OKW KTB 15.5.1945

  
39
   See Dönitz:
40 Fragen
, p. 147

  
40
   ibid., p. 149

  
41
   See ibid., pp. 148–9

  
42
   Jodl to his dept.: see OKW KTB 12.5.1945

  
43
   OKM 1/Skl. 1239/45 v. 17.5.45; cited Salewski, vol. II, pp. 560–61

  
44
   OKW KTB 16.5.1945

  
45
   Steinert, p. 262

  
46
   ibid.

  
47
   Report of Admty. Mission, above ref. 37

  
48
   Frau v. Lamezan to author, 1.4.1982

  
49
   Speer:
Erinnerungen
, p. 499

  
50
   Lüdde-Neurath, p. 109

  
51
   N.I.D. 1/G P.3: Address by Dönitz found in his desk, May 23, 1945, translated by N.I.D., sgd. E. G. N. Rushbrook, D.N.I., Nav. Lib.

  
52
   ibid.

  
53
   Lüdde-Neurath, p. 154

  
54
   Report of Admty. Mission, above ref. 37

  
55
   H. Davies, Capt. 1 Cheshire Reg., ‘Suicide of
Adml
. v. Friedeburg’, Appendix ‘C’ to 159 Infantry Brigade Letter 26/1 A of May 29, 1945, PRO ADM 228 55

  
56
   ibid.

  
57
   D. Maxwell-Fyfe in Cameron, p. xvi

  
58
   O. Kranzbühler to author, 6.5.1982

  
59
   Cited Best, p. 292

  
60
   Psalm 94

  
61
   D. Maxwell-Fyfe in Cameron, p. xiii

  
62
   Leader, Feb. 8, 1983

  
63
   Kelley, p. 108

  
64
   ibid.

  
65
   G. Gilbert, p. 19

  
66
   ibid., pp. 1–2

  
67
   ibid.

  
68
   D. Maxwell-Fyfe in G. Gilbert, p. x

  
69
   Shirer:
End of a Berlin Diary
, pp. 93–4

  
70
   IMT vol. 1, pp. 40 ff.

  
71
   ibid., p. 78

  
72
   Interrogation of
Gr.adml
Dönitz by Lt. Col. T. S. Hinkel, Oct. 22, 1945; IMT Doc. 865-D, vol. 35, pp. 611–14

  
73
   ibid., pp. 615–16

  
74
   See Salewski, vol. II, p. 579

  
75
   G. Gilbert, pp. 29–30

  
76
   ibid., p. 31

  
77
   IMT vol. 5, p.221

  
78
   ibid., pp. 226–8

  
79
   ibid., pp. 230–37

  
80
   ibid., pp. 240–45

  
81
   G. Gilbert, p. 93

  
82
   ibid., p. 94

  
83
   ibid., p. 101

  
84
   ibid., p. 144

  
85
   ibid., pp. 163–4

  
86
   ibid., p. 185

  
87
   IMT (Germ. ed.) Bd. XIII, p. 276

  
88
   IMT (Engl.) vol. 13, pp. 272–3

  
89
   G. Gilbert, p. 197

  
90
   IMT vol. 13, pp. 277–8

  
91
   ibid., pp. 290–307

  
92
   G. Gilbert, p. 199

  
93
   ibid.

  
94
   IMT vol. 13, pp. 323–9

  
95
   G. Gilbert, p. 200

  
96
   IMT vol. 13, pp. 343–4

  
97
   ibid., pp. 382–5

  
98
   ibid., 392

  
99
   ibid., pp. 392–3

100
   See above Section 6, ref. 132

101
   See G. Gilbert, pp. 201–2

102
   ibid.

103
   IMT vol. 13, pp. 450–74

104
   ibid., p. 497

105
   ibid., p. 548

106
   ibid., p. 557

107
   Dönitz:
10 Jahre
, p. 252

108
   Cited G. Gilbert, p. 207

109
   ibid., p. 210

110
   ibid., p. 218

111
   ibid., p. 247

112
   IMT vol. 19, pp. 416–18

113
   ibid., p. 521

114
   ibid., p. 554

115
   ibid., p. 597

116
   IMT vol. 22, pp. 390–91

117
   ibid., p. 393

118
   IMT vol. 1, pp. 310–14

119
   
Evening News
(London), Oct. 1, 1946, p. 12c

120
   G. Gilbert, p. 272

121
   Speer:
Spandau
, p. 25

122
   O. Kranzbühler to author, 6.5.1982

123
   Speer:
Spandau
, pp. 30–1

124
   Fishman, p. 21

125
   ibid., p. 103

126
   F. Lynder to author, Nov. 1982

127
   Fishman, p. 122

128
   Speer:
Spandau
, pp. 81–2

129
   ibid., p. 193

130
   ibid., p. 192

131
   Cited Fishman, p. 194

132
   Dated March 14, 1948, cited ibid., p. 195

133
   Speer:
Spandau
, p. 121

134
   ibid., p. 217

135
   ibid., p. 220

136
   Fishman, p. 158

137
   Speer:
Spandau
, p. 239

138
   ibid., p. 271

139
   ibid., p. 216

140
   ibid., p. 277

141
   A. Speer to author, 3.5.1981

142
   Speer:
Spandau
, p. 430

143
   ibid., pp. 296–7

144
   pp. 297–8

145
   ibid., pp. 288, 430

146
   Roskill, vol. 2, p. 377, and Dönitz,
10 Jahre
, p. 344

147
   Dönitz:
10 Jahre
, p. 368

148
   ibid., p. 366

149
   ibid., p. 393

150
   ibid., p. 422

151
   Lüdde-Neurath, p. 20

152
   Dönitz:
10 Jahre
, pp. 437, 438

153
   Speer:
Spandau
, p. 333

154
   ibid., pp. 334–5

155
   J. Hansen-Nootbar to author, July 1982

156
   H-J Arp’s address at Dönitz’s funeral; Dönitz:
Dokumentation
, p. 17

157
   Dönitz:
Wechselvolles
, p. 215

158
   Cited Dönitz:
40 Fragen
, p. 188

159
   ibid., p. 69, citing the
Sunday Times
(London), Jan. 25, 1959

160
   ibid., p. 75, citing Roskill, vol. 2, p. 104

161
   See their books listed in Bibliography; also G. Schreiber above, Section 3, Ref. 30

162
   E. Goldhagen in
Midstream
, July, 1973, N.Y., reprinted in Reif, pp. 383 ff.; see also Schmidt, pp. 231 ff.

163
   A. Speer, ‘
Antwort an Erich Goldhagen
’ in Reif, pp. 395 ff.

164
   T. Broughton (BBC-TV) to author, March 22, 1981

165
   L. Kennedy in
The Spectator
(London), Jan. 3, 1981

166
   ibid.

167
   Steinberg to author, Feb. 1983

168
   Frau Hessler to author, June 1981

169
   Frau Fidelak to author, 25.2.1982

170
   Thompson & Strutz

171
   This paragraph from A. Schnee: ‘
Abschied vom Grossadmiral
’ in Schaltung-Küste, Feb. 1981; M. R. Beer: ‘
Was wäre geworden, wenn Himmler die letzten Tage bestimmt hätte?
’ in
Die Welt
, Dec. 27, 1980; crucifix detail from Frau Fidelak to author, 25.2.1982

172
   M. R. Beer in above ref. 171

173
   ibid.

174
   Letter in possession of
The Times
(London), was not published

Postscript

    
1
   B. Herzog: ‘
Der Kriegsverbrecher Karl Dönitz
’ in
Jahrbuch des Instituts für Deutsche Geschichte
, XV, 1986, p. 479

    
2
   E-G. Unterhorst: ‘
Wir Kriminellen Deutschen Offiziere
’ in
Konkret
, 2, 1981, pp. 18–19, cited ibid.

    
3
   H. A. Werner:
Die Eisernen Särge
(Hamburg), 1970, pp. 339, 334, cited Herzog, above ref. 1

    
4
   See esp. pp. 126–9, 138, 143

    
5
   
Emden Akte
1934–5
Berichte
II–Bd. 1–II 1824/11 M 1406,
Aus Amt
, cited Herzog above ref. 1, p. 482

    
6
   
Völkischer Beobachter
, 18.2.1935, cited Herzog above ref. 1, p. 483

    
7
   See A. Speer:
The Slave State
, Weidenfeld, 1981, p. 135

    
8
   ibid., p. 139

    
9
   ibid., pp. 140 ff.

  
10
   P. Hansen to author, 1.2.1990

  
11
   ibid.

  
12
   ibid.

  
13
   ibid.

  
14
   ibid.

  
15
   Former Staff Officer, U-Boat Cd. to author, 10.9.1987

  
16
   Staff Officer above to author, 12.12.1987

  
17
   P. Hansen to author, 1.2.1990

  
18
   P. Hansen to author, 19.3.1990

  
19
   P. Hansen to author, 1.2.1990; 26.5.1992

  
20
   ibid. 1.2.1990

  
21
   Unterhorst, above ref. 2, p. 18

  
22
   P. Hansen to author, 1.2.1990

  
23
   Herr Ehlebracht, cited in ‘The
Torbay
’s Bloody Night’,
Sunday Telegraph
, 26.2.1989

  
24
   G. Bremner to
Sunday Telegraph
, 26.2.1989

  
25
   See various letters to
Sunday Telegraph
, 19.2.1989

  
26
   See p. 255

  
27
   H. Herlin:
Verdamter Atlantik
(Hamburg), 1959, p. 401, cited Herzog, above ref. 1

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