He was found not guilty of committing crimes against humanity, but guilty of committing crimes against peace and war crimes against the laws of war. He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment; after his release, he lived in a village near Hamburg until his death in 1980.

What happened to Karl Doenitz?

Karl Doenitz, 89, who succeeded Adolf Hitler and signed Nazi Germany's surrender in World War II, died of a heart attack Wednesday at his home in the Hamburg suburb of Aumuehle, according to family members.

Who was Hitler's right hand man?

On this day in 1893: Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's right hand man, is born. Hermann Goering was born in Rosenheim, Bavaria, on 12 January 1893.