Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz’ Broadcast Informing The German People of Their Unconditional Surrender
May 8, 1945
German men and women,
When I addressed the German nation on May 1 telling it that the Fuehrer had appointed me his successor, I said that my foremost task was to save the lives of the German people. In order to achieve [...]
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Karl Doenitz – Broadcast Informing The German People of Their Unconditional Surrender
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Karl Doenitz: Announcement of Hitler’s Death, May 1, 1945
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May 1, 1945
Federal Communications Commission
ANNOUNCER: The German wireless broadcasts serious, important news for the German people.
(Three rolls of the drums are heard.)
ANNOUNCER: It is reported from Der Fuehrer’s headquarters that our Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism, fell for Germany this afternoon in his operational headquarters in the Reich Chancellery.
On April [...]
