Can anyone pinpoint the exact location that Dönitz moved into at Plön after vacating Berlin in April 1945. Late on 19th, with the Russian advance moving closer, the OKM complex at Bernau was abandoned and a temporary HQ set up in the Western suburb of Berlin-Dahlen.
This too was vacated early on 22th April and Dönitz set off for Plön arriving later the same day, the main signals and Naval Intelligence having already been dispatched here. I have no information as to whether Konteradmiral Godt and the BdU travelled with him or if they too had arrived at Plön earlier or if indeed the BdU relocated here at all. I assume so as Dönitz kept Godt close at hand whilst at Bernau.
The location is vague, Dönitz’s adjutant has stated simply ‘ a couple of huts on a lakeside had been made available’ and this is thought by some to be Stadtheide Kaserne which was a hutted camp close by but on the other side of the road from Ruhleben Kaserne which was the home of 1. UAA, the holding unit for trained U-boat crews. It is possible that Stadtheide was thought to be less conspicuous than the solidly brick built barracks of Ruhleben which might have drawn the attention of the RAF. Any help on this would be gladly received.