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Herman Goering

Herman Goering
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Goring was nearly thirty years old when he encountered Hitler, and was an individual used to impressing others himself. His daring exploits as one of the pioneering member of the German air force had gained him not only an Iron Cross but many other decorations including the Pour Le Marite, one of the highest awards possible in the German Empire. . . .

Goring was nearly thirty years old when he encountered Hitler, and was an individual used to impressing others himself. His daring exploits as one of the pioneering member of the German air force had gained him not only an Iron Cross but many other decorations including the Pour Le Marite, one of the highest awards possible in the German Empire. . . .

By the autumn of 1922 Goring had returned to Germany after spending time working in Scandinavia, as a stunt pilot and then as a commercial pilot for the Swedish airline, Svensk-Luftrafik.. . . . Now a mature political science student at Munich University, Goring was a worldly, hard-bitten man of immense personal confidence. Yet he was immediately impressed when he first saw Adolf Hitler. “One day, on Sunday in November or October 1922, I went to his protest demonstration as a spectator,” Goring said during his war crimes trial at Nuremberg in 1946. “At the end Hitler was too was called for. I had heard his name briefly mentioned once before and wanted to hear what he had to say. He declined to speak, and it was pure coincidence that I stood nearby and heard the reason for his refusal. . . He considered it senseless to launch protests with no weight behind them. This made a deep impression on me. I was of the same opinion.”

Intrigued by Hitler, Goring went to hear him speak a few days later. “Hitler spoke about Versailles. He said that . . . a protest is successful only if backed by power to give it weight. The conviction was spoken word for word as if from my own soul.” As a result Goring sought a personal encounter with Hitler. “I just wanted to speak to him at first to see if I could assist him in amy way. He received me at once and after I had introduced myself he said it was an extraordinary turn of fate that we should meet. We spoke at once about the things which were close to our hearts -- the defeat of our Fatherland . . . Versailles. I told him that I myself, to the fullest extent, and all I was and possessed were completely at his disposal for this, in my opinion, most essential and decisive matter: the fight against the Treaty of Versailles” ~ Page 27/27

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On October 15, 1946, Hermann Göring, commander in chief of the Luftwaffe, president of the Reichstag, head of the Gestapo, prime minister of Prussia, chief forester of the Reich, chief liquidator of sequestered estates, supreme head of the National Weather Bureau, and Hitler’s designated successor dies by his own hand.

Göring was an early member of the Nazi Party and was wounded in the failed Munich Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. That wound would have long-term effects, as Göring became increasingly addicted to painkillers. Not long after Hitler’s accession to power, Göring was instrumental in creating concentration camps for political enemies. Ostentatious and self-indulgent, he changed his uniform five times a day and was notorious for flaunting his decorations, jewelry, and stolen artwork. It was Göring who ordered the purging of German Jews from the economy following the Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, initiating an “Aryanization” policy that confiscated Jewish property and businesses.

Göring's failure to win the Battle of Britain and prevent the Allied bombing of Germany led to his loss of stature within the Party, aggravated by the low esteem with which he was always held by fellow officers because of his egocentrism and position as Hitler’s right-hand man. As the war progressed, he dropped into depressions and continued to battle drug addiction.
When Göring fell into U.S. hands after Germany’s surrender, he had in his possession a rich stash of paracodin pills, a morphine derivative. He was tried at Nuremberg and charged with various crimes against humanity. Despite a vigorous attempt at self-acquittal, he was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged, but before he could be executed, he died by suicide by swallowing a cyanide tablet he had hidden from his guards.
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