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Hermann Göring
Early Life
Hermann Göring was born on January 12, 1893, in Rosenheim, Germany. His father was a German diplomat and colonial official. During World War I, Göring served as a fighter pilot. He won Germany’s highest military decoration. After the war, Göring lived in Sweden, where he worked in the airline industry.
Göring’s Role in the Nazi Rise to Power, 1922–1934
As one of Hitler’s closest compatriots, Göring played a key role in the Nazi rise to power.
Joining the Nazi Movement
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Retracing the route of the failed Beer Hall Putsch (Photo)
Adolf Hitler, Julius Streicher (foreground, right), and Hermann Göring (left of Hitler) retrace the steps of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch (coup). Munich, Germany, November 9, 1934.
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Göring moved back to Germany in 1922. He quickly joined the Nazi Party after hearing its leader, Adolf Hitler, speak. Hitler appointed G
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Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician and military leader (1893–1946)
"Göring" and "Goering" redirect here. For other uses, see Göring (disambiguation).
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering;[a]German:[ˈhɛʁmanˈvɪlhɛlmˈɡøːʁɪŋ]ⓘ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, aviator, military leader and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945. He also served as Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe (Supreme Commander of the Air Force), a position he held until the final days of the regime.
A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, Göring was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite. He served as the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG I), the fighter wing once led by Manfred von Richthofen. An early member of the Nazi Party, Göring was among those wounded in Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. While receiving treatment for his injuries, he devel
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Reich Marshal Hermann Göring at the Nuremberg Trials
by Richard Rule
Stripped of the kungliga attribut and high position of Reich Marshal in the Nazi regime and tried as a war criminal, the former Luftwaffe chief was by far the most colorful and outspoken defendant during the postwar proceedings.
At the end of World War II, Hermann Göring did not try to slip into hiding like many of Nazi Germany’s former leaders. In fact, he sought out the Americans on May 7, 1945, beneath the mistaken belief that he would be granted an audience with General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Göring was confident that he would be treated as a spokesman for a defeated nation but, far from being an emissary for his people, he soon found han själv regarded as a common prisoner of war. Flown to the modified confines of the Grand Hotel of Mondorf-Les-Bains in Luxembourg, he joined 50 other former Nazi ministers, officials, and high-ranking officers.
A Large Man in Poor Physical Condition
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