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DONITZ, KARL

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DONITZ, KARL
(1891 - 1980) German admiral who headed the U-Boat arm of the German Navy, later succeeded Hitler as Fuehrer after Hitler's suicide. Boldly signed souvenir D.S., 1p. 4to., [n.p.] Nov. 16, 1974, a typewritten facsimile of his "ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE, MAY 1, 1945" upon his assumption of German leadership after the death of Hitler. In part: "The Fuehrer has nominated me as his successor ...I therefore assume the leadership of the German people at this fateful hour. My first task is to save German men and women from destruction by the advancing Bolshevist enemy...we must also continue to fight and defend ourselves against them. The British and the Americans in that case will not be fighting in the interest of their own peoples, but solely for the expansion of Bolshevism in Europe".Numerous creases and one tear affecting four lines of text, otherwise very good.