GODT: The Hitler Youth, too.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: And what was the connection there?
GODT: As far as I remember, the speech was concerned with recruiting for the Navy.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Did he select his staff officers for their ideological or military qualifications?
GODT: Their military and personal qualities were all that mattered. Their political views had nothing to do with it.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: The question of whether Admiral Dönitz knew, or must have known, of certain happenings outside the Navy is a very important one from the Tribunal’s point of view. Can you tell me who his associates were?
GODT: His own officers and officers of his own age, almost exclusively. As far as I know, he had very few contacts beyond those.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Did matters change much in this respect after he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Navy?
GODT: No. He probably had a few more contacts with people from other branches, but on the whole his circle remained the same.
FLOTTENRICHTER KRANZBÜHLER: Where did he actually live at that time, that is, after his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy?