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Originally Posted by hyperion2206
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Originally Posted by Tachyon
Doenitz was never a member of the Nazi party FYI. And the trial was widely criticized even by Allied Commanders.
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You don't have to be a member of the NSDAP to support their cause. And Dönitz wasn't awarded the golden Memberbadge of the NSDAP for nothing and Hitler didn't chose him as his successor for nothing. I don't say that he was a "real" Nazi who wanted to get rid of the Jews but he surely was in favor of a strong and dominating Germany.
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FWIW...you should read his biography "10 years and 20 days"...you can get it on Amazon.
According to Donitz he did NOT know about the attrocities committed by Himmler and crew. And when he found out "via the Stars and Stripes US military newspaper" about the death camps he was disgusted.
Donitz even dis-obeyed Hitler when told that ALL military members will give the Nazi salute or face charges of sedition (after the attempt to assisnate him). Dontiz refuse to have his men salute in anything other than the traditional German Navy way...
Donitz wanted what any Military man, or patriot, wants for his country... after reading his book I think he really did disapprove of the Nazi party, and only wanted his country to be strong after 20+ years of Germany being stiffled and economically depressed by the Treaty of
Versailles.
Dont get me wrong, Not that Germany didnt deserve what happed after WWI...but we (the USA, and UK) kinda brought the Nazi party into power...but thats another subject to Hi-jack a thread with :rotfl: