Note on a U-boat that was attacked by US aircraft while assisting shipwrecked seamen, and the order to the U-boat to engage in no further rescue operations (except with Italian sailors)

Authors

Navy High Command, and/or Navy administration (general)

Date: 16 September 1942

Literal Title: Extract from the B.D.U. War Diary of 16th September 1942

Defendant: Karl Doenitz

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: D-446

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 198

Document Book No: Prosecution 9 (Doenitz)

Citation: IMT (page 2665)

HLSL Item No.: 452885

Notes:B.D.U. indicates the commander of the U-boats. For a follow-up order prohibiting rescues, see document D 630.

Trial Issue

Naval warfare, crimes during (IMT)