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

Nederlands: Hermann Wilhelm Göring (12 januari 1893 - 15 oktober 1946) was een Duitse politicus en militair leider, een vooraanstaand lid van de nazi-partij, tweede bevelhebber van het Derde Rijk, aangewezen opvolger van Adolf Hitler en commandant van de Luftwaffe ( Duitse luchtmacht). Göring was een veteraan van de Eerste Wereldoorlog, met 22 bevestigde moorden als gevechtspiloot, en werd bekroond met de felbegeerde Pour le Mérite. Hij was de laatste commandant van het beroemde luchteskader van Manfred von Richthofen.

Portraits[edit]

Göring in Nazi Party uniform wearing the order Pour le Mérite, 1932
Göring as President of the Reichstag in his office, 1932
Göring in his blue-grey uniform of the German Air Sports Association
Cropped version
Göring in Reich Marshal's uniform prior to his 50th birthday, January 6, 1943
Göring in American custody giving an interview to the Allied press, May 11, 1945
Cropped version
Mugshot of Göring from his detention report, June 22, 1945

Pictures[edit]

Family[edit]

Father Heinrich Ernst Göring, 1906
First wife Carin Göring (née Fock), December 1927
Shrine for his deceased first wife in his Berlin flat, 1931
Wedding to second wife Emmy Göring (née Sonnemann), April 10, 1935
Göring in his cell at Nuremberg Prison next to photos of family members, December 21, 1945
Daughter Edda Göring with her mother Emmy Göring, May 24, 1946

Childhood[edit]

Cadet Göring, 1907

First World War[edit]

Göring as the last commander of Jagdgeschwader I, October 1918
Göring in military uniform wearing the order Pour le Mérite, 1918

Politics[edit]

Göring as President of the Reichstag chairing the parliament session before the dissolution of the parliament, September 12, 1932
Göring as witness at the Reichstag fire trial, November 4, 1933
Göring handing over control of the Gestapo to Heinrich Himmler, April 20, 1934
Göring with his guest Edward Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax PC, in the hunting wagon, Schorfheide, November 20, 1937
Göring during the negotiations for the Munich Agreement, September 29, 1938
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Göring, and King Gustaf V of Sweden, February 1939
Göring during the audience of Czechoslovak president Emil Hácha with Adolf Hitler, March 15, 1939
Göring addressing the Reichstag in Berlin
Albert Kesselring and Göring at a command post on the English Channel during the Battle of Britain, September 1940
Göring on a visit to aircraft designer and manufacturer Willy Messerschmitt (on the right), February 20, 1941
Letter signed by Göring commissioning Reinhard Heydrich to submit a comprehensive draft of the preparatory measures for the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", July 31, 1941
Göring inspecting the briefing room which had been destroyed during the 20 July plot, July 1944
Göring's telegram to Adolf Hitler wondering about Hitler's "freedom to action" and claiming his succession if no answer has received by 22:00, April 23, 1945

Nuremberg trial[edit]

Göring standing in front of a Texas flag in captivity, Kitzbühel, May 9, 1945
Detention report with mugshots of Göring taken on June 22, 1945
Göring in Nuremberg Prison with his lawyer Otto Stahmer, 1946
Göring in the Nuremberg trial
Göring and other defendants in the dock
Defendants eat lunch during a pause in the trial
Defendants Constantin von Neurath and Göring talk during a recess at the trial
Göring in the witness box

Personal effects[edit]

Göring presenting his model trailway to his guests on his 50th birthday, 1943
Guest book from Carinhall, baton and revolver
Reich Marshal's uniform in dove-grey
Standard of the Reich Marshal, on display at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris, France
Salonwagen 10205 (saloon carriage 10205), on display at the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn, Germany
Yacht Carin II in 2017