“and that is not enough. I have had to buy a giant Mercedes for myself.”
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Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a German politician, aviator, military commander, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. He also served as Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, a position he held until the final days of the regime.
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politics · German Nazi politician and military leader (1893–1946) · politician · aircraft pilot · art collector · war criminal · air force officer · military officer · fighter pilot · minister · Holocaust perpetrator · captain · also Hermann Göring, Field Marshal Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Göring
Born 12 January 1893 · Died 15 October 1946 · Q47906
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2026· 2 entries
Arutz Sheva: D-Day and the dark legacy of Hermann Göring
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2022· 1 entry
Jazz: Hermann Goring
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2020· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Harry V. Anderson inventory and receipt for Hermann Göring art collection submitted to Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division
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2015· 1 entry
PBS: French publisher names artwork stolen by Nazi leader Hermann Göring
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2010· 1 entry
Hartford Courant: Hermann Göring’s Early Life In New Biography
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2008· 1 entry
Jazz: Hermann Goring: The Lost Piano Session
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1946· 3 entries
Died 1946-10-15.
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“My measures will not be crippled by any bureaucracy. Here I don't have to worry about Justice; my mission is only to destroy and to exterminate, nothing more.”
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“The Jew must clearly understand one thing at once, he must get out!”
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1944· 1 entry
Speer gave Göring an oversized marble bust of Hitler
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1943· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Gdańsk (1943).
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1942· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty (1942).
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1941· 5 entries
Awarded Order of Michael the Brave, 1st class (1941).
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Awarded Order of Michael the Brave, 2nd class (1941).
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Awarded Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd class with swords (1941).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1941).
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Career landmark: Vice-Chancellor of Germany (1941–1945).
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1940· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (1939) (1940).
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Was bestowed the specially created rank of Reichsmarschall, which gave him seniority over all officers in Germany's armed forces
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During the French campaign" (the only award of this decoration during World War II – 19 August 1940)
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Ciano decorated Göring with the coveted Collar of Annunziata
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1939· 3 entries
Awarded Danzig Cross 1st Class (1939).
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Awarded Danzig Cross 2nd Class (1939).
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Nazi Germany began Operation Barbarossa — the invasion of the Soviet Union — on 22 June 1941
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1938· 3 entries
Awarded Collar of the Imperial Order of the Red Arrows (1938).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (1938).
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Göring was involved in the Blomberg–Fritsch Affair, which led to the resignations of the War Minister, Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg, and the army commander, General Werner von Fritsch
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1936· 1 entry
Göring was entrusted with the task of mobilising all sectors of the economy for war, an assignment which brought numerous government agencies under his control
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1935· 2 entries
The existence of the Luftwaffe was formally acknowledged, with Göring as Reich Aviation Minister
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The German Association of the Automotive Industry gifted him a 16-meter motor yacht that he named Carin after his deceased wife
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1934· 1 entry
Awarded Cross of Honour for Combatants, with Swords (1934).
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1933· 4 entries
Göring was named as minister without portfolio in the new government
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And Master of the German Forests in 1934
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Career landmark: Minister President of Prussia (1933–1945).
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Career landmark: Reichsstatthalter (1933–1945).
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1927· 1 entry
And resumed working in the aircraft industry
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1924· 1 entry
Göring met Mussolini through his contacts with members of Italy's Fascist Party; Mussolini had also expressed an interest in meeting Hitler, who was by then in prison
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1923· 1 entry
Studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1922–1923).
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1922· 1 entry
Moved to Obermenzing, a suburb of Munich
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1918· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order (1918).
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Awarded Pour le Mérite (1918).
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1917· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Zähringer Lion (1917).
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Awarded Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order (1917).
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Awarded knight of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (1917).
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1915· 1 entry
Awarded Iron Cross, 2nd class (1915).
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1914· 1 entry
Studied at Royal Prussian Main Cadet Institute (1909–1914).
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1909· 1 entry
Studied at Royal Prussian Cadet House Karlsruhe (1905–1909).
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1893· 2 entries
Born 1893-01-12.
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“s suicide. Douglas Kelley, who had been the chief psychiatrist responsible for the prisoners at Nuremberg before being replaced by Leon Goldensohn, called Göring”
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