Title: Mein Leben
First published: 1956
Description: The leader of the German naval forces until 1943 recounts his life, which coincided with the major developments of German naval power. He comments on the political and internationally significant events of the years after the Versailles Treaty, which he holds responsible for the rise of Nazism, and presents character sketches and impressions of some of the leading German political figures, including the Kaiser, Hitler, and Goring. He also comments on the Nurnberg trials of war criminals. With a foreward by H. Kent Hewitt, Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired).
Subjects: Admirals, Biography, Germany, Germany. Kriegsmarine, History, Naval, Naval History
Places: Germany
People: Erich Raeder (1876-1960)
Time periods: 20th century