Photograph. Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, the man who succeeded Hitler, walking down stairs while leaving the German High Command Headquarters at Flensburg. Official Caption: "Rome, 5/25/45--Doenitz [Dönitz] is prisoner--Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, whose 23-day rule in Germany was ended with his internment by the Allies on May 23, 1945, is shown leaving the German High Command Headquarters at Flensburg. The man who succeeded Hitler last month was told by the Allies that his acting German government and the General Staff were at an end. Then he and the General Staff Officers were put under guard to await trial.--British Official Photo--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6403." Flensburg, Germany.”25 May 1945