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2 days ago · Karl Dönitz. Karl Dönitz (sometimes spelled Doenitz; German: [ˈdøːnɪts] ⓘ; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980) was a German admiral who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as head of state in May 1945, holding the position until the dissolution of the Flensburg Government following Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies days later.
- Grand Admirals
In the Imperial German Navy, and later in the Kriegsmarine,...
- B-Dienst
The B-Dienst unit began as the German Radio Monitoring...
- Grand Admirals
23 hours ago · The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the ...
1 day ago · Nazi Germany, [h] officially known as the German Reich [i] and later the Greater German Reich, [j] is a term used to describe the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, [k] meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire ...
1 day ago · Meurtre de Hermann Friedrich, un expatrié allemand. Acquitté le 27 avril 2011. Thaïlande: Chan Thao Phoumy [100] 8 août 2010: Trafic de drogue. Sort inconnu [101]. Chine: Joseph-François Jean 17 juin 2011: Meurtre de la fille de son ex-compagne et de sa cousine, âgées de 17 et 16 ans.
2 days ago · death, the total cessation of life processes that eventually occurs in all living organisms. The state of human death has always been obscured by mystery and superstition, and its precise definition remains controversial, differing according to culture and legal systems. During the latter half of the 20th century, death has become a strangely ...
23 hours ago · Conspiracy to commit high treason carried a maximum sentence of death which conspiracy to commit simple murder did not. The trial was held from 12 to 23 October with the verdict and sentences announced on 28 October 1914. The adult defendants, facing the death penalty, portrayed themselves at trial as unwilling participants in the conspiracy.
3 days ago · The Geheime Staatspolizei ( German pronunciation: [ɡəˈhaɪmə ˈʃtaːtspoliˌtsaɪ] ⓘ; transl. "Secret State Police" ), abbreviated Gestapo ( / ɡəˈstɑːpoʊ / gə-STAH-poh, German: [ɡəˈʃtaːpo] ⓘ ), [3] was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe . The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 ...
