Editing Erich Raeder (section)

== Post war ==

=== Nuremberg trial ===
Raeder was indicted of [[war crimes]] in October 1945. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg trials. He was surprised as he had expected to be sentenced to death. Whilst in prison, Raeder conducted a feud with Dönitz.<sup>[''citation needed'']</sup>
 There were several campaigns to free Raeder, by his wife and German
veterans. Due to ill health, Raeder was released on 26 September 1955.

=== Freedom ===
He 
wrote his autobiography using ghost writers. Raeder wanted to continue 
his feud with Dönitz, but the ghost writers would not allow it for the 
sake of the navy. Raeder enjoyed attending and speaking at veteran 
meetings.
Erich Raeder died in Kiel on 6 November 1960. His wife had died in 1959. He is buried in the ''Nordfriedhof'' (North Cemetery), Kiel.<sup>[25]</sup>