"On 30 January 1944, Dönitz received from the Führer, as a decoration, the Golden Party Badge; Dönitz would later assume that he "thereby became an honorary member of the Party." The Avalon Project at Yale Law School 12 Haziran 2015 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.. According with German laws, it was forbidden for professional officers to join political parties, even after NSDAP took power. For that reason, Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders distrusted the Army.
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"On 30 January 1944, Dönitz received from the Führer, as a decoration, the Golden Party Badge; Dönitz would later assume that he "thereby became an honorary member of the Party." The Avalon Project at Yale Law School 12 Haziran 2015 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi.. According with German laws, it was forbidden for professional officers to join political parties, even after NSDAP took power. For that reason, Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders distrusted the Army.
