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Doenitz

American  
[dœ-nits] / ˈdœ nɪts /

noun

  1. Karl 1891–1980, German admiral.

Doenitz British  
/ ˈdøːnɪts /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Dönitz

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Doenitz, who was only a head of state for a few months after the suicide of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, was convicted in 1946 and spent 10 years in a West Berlin jail.

From Reuters • Apr. 2, 2023

Among them was Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, the first former German president to be put on trial.

From Reuters • Apr. 2, 2023

In 1945, a day after Adolf Hitler took his own life, Admiral Karl Doenitz effectively became sole leader of the Third Reich with the suicide of Hitler’s propaganda minister, Josef Goebbels.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2021

But in World War II, when his battleships proved no more decisive than those of the Kaiser, Hitler fired him, made submarine-warring Karl Doenitz grand admiral of the German fleet.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Karl Doenitz was a submariner from away back.

From Time Magazine Archive

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