Erich Raeder

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German admiral Nazi war criminal human naval officer

Erich Raeder was a German naval leader who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine during the early years of World War II, overseeing major operations including the Battle of the Atlantic.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Erich Johann Albert Raeder 1
Luise Raeder 1
Raeder 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German admiral ⓘ
Nazi war criminal ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
appointedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
awardReceived Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class

Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ
surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ
Pour le Mérite ⓘ
burialPlace Nordfriedhof, Kiel ⓘ
causeOfRelease ill health ⓘ
causeOfResignation Disagreements with Adolf Hitler over naval strategy ⓘ
citizenship German Empire ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
conflict Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
convictedOf crimes against humanity ⓘ
crimes against peace ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath West Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1876-04-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1960-11-06 ⓘ
dateOfRelease 1955-09-26 ⓘ
education Imperial German Naval Academy ⓘ
endTime 1943-01-30 ⓘ
familyName Erich Raeder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Raeder
givenName Erich ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
languageSpoken German ⓘ
memberOf Nazi Party ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Reichsmarine ⓘ
militaryRank Großadmiral ⓘ
surface form: Grand Admiral

Großadmiral ⓘ
name Erich Raeder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Erich Johann Albert Raeder
notableEvent Resignation as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine in 1943 ⓘ
notableFor Leadership of the Kriegsmarine during the early years of World War II ⓘ
Planning and execution of German naval operations including the Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
notableWork Rebuilding of the German Navy in the 1930s ⓘ
participantIn Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian Campaign

Operation Weserübung ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
partyNumber 1000001 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hamburg ⓘ
Pankow ⓘ
surface form: Wandsbek
placeOfDeath Kiel ⓘ
placeOfImprisonment Spandau Prison ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment ⓘ
spouse Erich Raeder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Luise Raeder
startTime 1935-06-01 ⓘ
trial Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form: Nuremberg Trials

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Atlantic → commandedBy → Erich Raeder ⓘ
Operation Weserübung → commander → Erich Raeder ⓘ
Reichsmarine → commander → Erich Raeder ⓘ
Erich Raeder → familyName → Erich Raeder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raeder
Erich Raeder → name → Erich Raeder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erich Johann Albert Raeder
Kriegsmarine → notableCommander → Erich Raeder ⓘ
Erich Raeder → spouse → Erich Raeder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luise Raeder