Editing Bernhard Rogge (section)

==Assessment==
[[File:Hilfskreuzer Atlantis.jpg|thumb|left|''Atlantis'']]
J. Armstrong White, captain of the British merchant ship [[City of Bagdad]], which ''Atlantis'' sank in July 1940, stated, "His treatment of prisoners left respect, instead of hatred".  White later wrote the foreword to ''Atlantis, the Story of a German Surface Raider'', written by U. Mohr & [[A. V. Sellwood]].

Admiral [[Karl Dönitz]], who was, following [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Death of Adolf Hitler|suicide]] briefly [[head of state]] of [[Nazi Germany]] in May 1945, and was prosecuted for war crimes at the [[Nuremberg Trials]], cited his own support of Rogge, who had a Jewish grandparent, in an effort to clear himself of the charge of being [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]].<ref>[[Leon Goldensohn]]. ''The Nuremberg Interviews''. Vintage Books. [[New York City|New York]]. 2004. {{ISBN|1-4000-3043-9}}.</ref>

Rogge confirmed the death sentence of the 21-year-old sailor [[Süß, Johann Christian|Johann Christian Süß]]. Süß was sentenced to death on 10 May 1945, two days after the German capitulation, for "undermining the discipline" and "disruptive speeches" based on paragraph 5 numeral 2 of the ''Kriegssonderstrafrechtsverordnung'' (KSSVO—Special War Criminal Regulation). Süß was executed by firing squad on 11 May 1945.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-46273234.html|title=BORDGERICHT: S. Zt. erschossen|date=1965-07-07|work=Der Spiegel|access-date=2017-10-21|volume=28}}</ref>