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The Dönitz Testament - Was Hitler's Successor President of Germany Until 1980?
In 1981, the West German government was handed a bizarre document. It was called the 'Dönitz Testament' and had been written by Hitler's successor and the last leader of Nazi Germany, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, in 1975. Its contents were suppressed by the German state until 2015. What were the explosive claims made by Dönitz in this document, and why was the German government unsettled by it? Find out here...
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