Lütjens first met Karl Dönitz , future Commander-in-Chief of the '' Kriegsmarine '' in Vigo in June 1935 . At that point , Dönitz had been entrusted with the rebuilding of the U-Boat arm but had spent the summer at sea commanding . After arriving at port , he met with Raeder . Raeder informed Dönitz that : Lütjens is to become chief of the Officer Personnel Branch at Naval Headquarters with the task of forming an officer Corps for the new Navy we are about to build . In 1936 , Lütjens was appointed Chief of Personnel ( '' Marinepersonalamt '' ) of the '' Kriegsmarine '' , an office which he had served in 1932 – 34 , and in 1937 , he became '' Führer der Torpedoboote '' ( Chief of Torpedo Boats ) , with as his flagship , and was promoted to '' Konteradmiral '' in October 1937 . While in command of personnel department he did nothing to enforce the Nuremberg Laws on race in the '' Kriegsmarine '' . In November 1938 , Lütjens was one of only three flag officers , including Dönitz , who protested in writing to Raeder , Commander-in-Chief of the navy , against the anti-Jewish '' Kristallnacht '' pogroms
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Günther Lütjens