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Hans-Georg von Friedeburg | |
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![]() From left to right: Major Wilhelm Oxenius (Colonel General Jodl's Adjutant), Colonel General Alfred Jodl, Chief of OKW Operation Staff (who signed the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the OKW), General admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Commander-in-Chief of the German navy (OKM), Major General Kenneth W. D. Strong (standing), G-2, SHAEF. Location: Reims, France, American Headquarters | |
Commander of the Marine High Command | |
In office 1 May 1945 – 23 May 1945 | |
Preceded by | Karl Dönitz |
Succeeded by | Walter Warzecha |
Personal details | |
Born | Straßburg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire | 15 July 1895
Died | 23 May 1945 Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Allied-occupied Germany | (aged 49)
Awards | Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross |
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Years of service | 1914–45 |
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Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (15 July 1895 – 23 May 1945) was a German admiral, the deputy commander of the U-boat Forces of Nazi Germany and the second-to-last Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. He was the only representative of the armed forces to be present at the signing of the German instruments of surrender in Luneburg Heath on 4 May 1945, in Reims on 7 May and in Berlin on 8 May 1945. Von Friedeburg committed suicide shortly afterwards, upon the dissolution of the Flensburg Government.