AfterDopo hisla surrendersue resa, Lothar Rendulic wasfu internedinternato ande triedprocessato ascome acriminale militarydi criminalguerra in the [[HostagesProcesso Trialdi Norimberga|"hostages trial"Norimberga]], atper [[Subsequentil Nurembergsuo Trials|Nuremberg]],coinvolgimento becausenegli ofattacchi hisa involvementdanno indi civili perpetrati thedalla [[Wehrmacht]]'s attacks on civilians in [[YugoslavianFronte FrontIugoslavo (WWIISeconda Guerra Mondiale)|YugoslaviaIugoslavia]] ande thele scorcheddevastazioni earth policycompiute in Lapland[[Lapponia]]. On FebruaryIl 19, febbraio 1948,hefu wasricon foundosciuto guiltycolpevole ande sentencedcondannato totwentya yearsvent'anni indi prisonprigione, althoughsebbene hevenne wasscagionato releasedper ofla chargesdevastazione concerningdella theLapponia. scorchingIn ofseguito Lapland.questa Thissentenza sentencevenne wasridotta later reduced toa tendieci yearsanni, and on February 1, 1951, Rendulic was released from the military prison in [[Landsberg am Lech]] in [[Bavaria]].
After his release, the [[Generaloberst]] worked as an author and was involved in local politics in [[Seewalchen am Attersee]], in the [[Salzkammergut]] region of [[Austria]]. He died at [[Eferding]], Austria, on January 18, 1971.
Dopo il suo rilascio, il [[Generaloberst]] scrisse e pubblicò libri; e si dedicò alla politica locale col [[Seewalchen am Attersee]], nella regione [[Austria|austriaca]] dello [[Salzkammergut]].
Morì ad [[Eferding]], Austria, il 18 gennaio 1971.