 In addition, Schroeteler supported the political views of the Neo-Nazis, in particular where these views matched his ambitions "to do justice to the deeds of the Wehrmacht in the service of its country" ("") and to "restore the Wehrmacht’s honour abroad" ("").Schroeteler also attended "Großadmiral" (grand admiral) Karl Dönitz's funeral.Dönitz was the former Commander-in-Chief of the "Kriegsmarine", Adolf Hitler's successor as the head of state of Nazi Germany and convicted war criminal at the Nuremberg trials.