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Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] ⓘ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, 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.
Jan 12, 2000 · Hermann Goring, a leader of the Nazi Party and one of the primary architects of the Nazi police state in Germany. He was condemned to hang as a war criminal by the International Military Tribunal at Nurnberg in 1946 but took poison instead and died the night his execution was ordered.
Jul 6, 2022 · His power and wealth made him the second-most powerful man in all of Germany, exceeded only by Hitler himself. Goering is perhaps best known as the head of the Luftwaffe, Nazi Germany’s formidable air force, but behind the position was a man with a life checkered by success and failure.
Hermann Göring (1893–1946) was the highest-ranking Nazi official tried during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. A decorated fighter pilot during World War I, Göring joined the Nazi party in 1922 after hearing a speech by Adolf Hitler .
Hermann Göring, or Hermann Goering, (born Jan. 12, 1893, Rosenheim, Ger.—died Oct. 15, 1946, Nürnberg), German Nazi leader. He fought in World War I with the German air force. In 1922 he joined the Nazi Party and was given command of the SA.
Aug 30, 2012 · After Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Hermann Göring took on many positions of power and leadership within the Nazi state. He was ultimately sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Learn more about key dates in Göring's life. More information about this image.
Jun 1, 2016 · But Hermann Göring was a colossus in every way: a wily Machiavellian with an outsize IQ, skilled at combining charm, guile, and ruthlessness to get what he wanted—skills he employed to the end. As part of his flamboyance, Goering raised lions in the 1930s swapping them for smaller versions once they grew too large.
Hermann Göring (12 Jan. 1893 – 15 Oct. 1946), Reichsmarschall, was the second-most powerful man in the Third Reich after Adolf Hitler. During World War One, he was a decorated war pilot, becoming something of a national hero.
Nov 24, 2017 · Hermann Göring was a highly decorated and well-known fighter pilot of the First World War and later a high-ranking National Socialist leader.
Dec 10, 2020 · Hermann Göring was born on 12 January 1893 to Heinrich Göring, a diplomatic consul to German South-West Africa (now Namibia), and his second wife Franziska Tiefenbrunn. His godfather, Hermann von Epenstein, was of Jewish descendance and also Franziska’s lover.
