[The Defendant Dönitz took the stand.]
THE PRESIDENT: Will you state your full name?
KARL DÖNITZ (Defendant): Karl Dönitz.
THE PRESIDENT: Will you repeat this oath after me: I swear by God—the Almighty and Omniscient—that I will speak the pure truth—and will withhold and add nothing.
[The defendant repeated the oath in German.]
THE PRESIDENT: You may sit down.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Admiral, since 1910 you have been a professional officer; is that correct?
DÖNITZ: Since 1910 I have been a professional soldier, and an officer since 1913.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Yes. During the World War, the first World War, were you with the U-boat service?
DÖNITZ: Yes, from 1916.