Hermann Wilhelm Göring

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was a German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the Third Reich, designated successor to Adolf Hitler, and commander of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). Göring was a veteran of World War I, with 22 confirmed kills as a fighter pilot, and was awarded the coveted Pour le Mérite. He was the last commander of Manfred von Richthofen's famous air squadron.

Deutsch: Hermann Wilhelm Göring (* 12. Januar 1893 in Rosenheim; † 15. Oktober 1946 in Nürnberg durch Suizid) ist heute vor allem als Kriegsverbrecher und einer der führenden Politiker in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus bekannt.

English: Hermann Wilhelm Göring (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946), German flying ace in World War I, prominent early member of the Nazi party, later one of the most powerful people in Nazi Germany, "Reichsmarschall" and Commander-in-Chief of the German Luftwaffe in World War II.

Español: Hermann Wilhelm Göring (12 de Enero de 1893- † 15 de Octubre de 1946) era un prominente y temprano miembro del Partido Nazi, y uno de los principales arquitectos de la Alemania Nazi

Portraits

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  Porträt von Hermann Göring in Parteiuniform der NSDAP mit Pour le Merite-Orden

Pictures

Childhood

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  Hermann Göring, 1907

Nazi

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  Gustav V., Göring, Gustav Adolf prinz

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  Göring addressing the Reichstag in Berlin

Nuremberg

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  Göring standing in front of a Texas flag in captivity May 9, 1945

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  Hermann Göring in captivity May 9, 1945

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  Detention report and Mugshots of Hermann Göring

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  Göring in Nuremberg

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  Göring in Nuremberg

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  International Military Tribunal defendants eat lunch during a pause in the trial

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  Defendants Constantin von Neurath and Hermann Goering talk during a recess at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg

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  The defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals at Nuremberg; pictured in the front row from left to right are: Hermann Goering (back turned), Rudolf Hess and Joachim von Ribbentrop. Pictured in the back row are Karl Doenitz and Erich Raeder (both behind Hess) and Baldur von Schirach and Walter Funk (back turned; both behind v. Ribbentrop)

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  During Nuremberg trials

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  Göring in the witness box at Nuremberg

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  During Nuremberg trials

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  During Nuremberg trials

Film

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  Hermann Göring in his cockpit in WWI

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  Göring and Hess during the Nuremberg trials

Documents

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  German decree empowering Göring to enact decrees, formal basis of some anti-Jewish decrees, full text on German Wikisource

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  July 1941 letter from Göring to Heydrich concerning the "final solution" of the Jewish question

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  Propaganda leaflet dropped by RAF Bomber Command over Germany in 1942. The leaflet comically shows Hermann Goering, head of the German Luftwaffe, and his supposed reaction to aerial warfare. Happy at the German raids against European cities during the early days of the war which changes to fear and anguish of the retaliatory RAF bombing of German cities.

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  Detention report and Mugshots of Hermann Göring

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  The secret appendix to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact naming the German and Soviet spheres of interest. The document is signed by Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. This photo of the document was made by the defence of von Ribbentrop and Hermann Göring in the Nuremberg Trials in 1946.

Personal effects

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  Efectos personales de Hermann Wilhelm Göring, Revolver, cetro, libro de invitados

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  One of his original uniforms

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  Standard, on display at the Musée de la Guerre in the Invalides