Hermann Goering
Hermann Goering, (Wilhelm) 1893- 1946.
- Hitler’s Heir- Nazi No.2
- High military & economic leader of 3rd Reich.
- Born Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria on 12th January 1893.
- Attended Cadet College at Karlsruhe.
- At the beginning of World War 1 Goering served as a Lieutenant of the infantry in Alsace Lorraine and later joined the Airforce as a combat pilot.
- By the end of the war Goering was highly decorated and won tremendous popularity as a ‘Romantic Knight of the sky’.
- Goering roamed through various ‘aero’ jobs.
- After the war he met Carin von Kantzow and later married in 1922.
- In the fall of 1922 Goering met Hitler and decided to join the rising as a young politician.
- With a very well decorated war-hero on Hitler’s side, produced excellent propaganda.
- Goering was made Head Commander of SA.
- At the 1923 Munich ‘Beer-hall’ Putsch Goering was severely wounded but managed to escape to Austria & then Sweden, during his recovery he became addicted to morphine and was jailed for this.
- After political amnesty in 1926 Goering returned to Germany and quickly re-established contacts with Hitler.
- In 1928 he was the first Nazi to be elected into the Reichstag and was re-elected in 1930.
- Goering served as Hitlers political agent in Berlin.
- After election in 1932 Goering became president of the Reichstag.
- Goering was involved in an important role in negotiations preceding Hitler’s assumption of power, on January 30th 1933
- Rapid promotions took place after Hitler became Chancellor, leading up to Prussian Minister President, then to Prussian Minister of the interior, he had 4000 SD’s and Communists arrested. He also had the Marxist press band.
- On March 1st 1935 named Oberbefehlshaber der luftwaffe, Commander in Chief of the Airforce, responsible for the training of pilots and the produce of aircrafts.
- Next to Hitler he was the most important man in the Reich.
- The Personality of Goering stood out in Hitler’s bizarre collection of eccentrics, including the following: -
