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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 Göring the leader of the Nazi Party’s paramilitary organization, the Storm Troopers (also called the SA or Sturmabteilung). Göring was seriously wounded in the failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in November 1923. To avoid arrest, he fled abroad. He only returned to Germany following
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| Hermann Göring, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia, Plenipotentiary for the Implementation of the Four Year (economic) Plan, and designated successor to Hitler. |
In 1933, Göring created the secret state police, the Gestapo, that would later by taken over by Himmler and terrorize the continent of Europe.
Following Kristallnacht in Nov. 1938, Göring fined the Jews one billion marks for damages which the Nazis themselves had inflicted. He also warned of a "final reckoning with the Jews" if Germany should get involved in war, a sentiment also repeatedly expressed by Hitler.
Following the start of the war and early Nazi military successes, Göring ordered SS leader Reinhard Heydrich in July of 1941 to begin preparations for a "general solution of the Jewish question" in conquered territories. This led to the Wannsee Conference in Jan. 1942 in which Heydrich and Adolf Eichmann of the Gestapo attempted to coordinate the extermination of the 11 million Jews of Europe and the Soviet Union.
Assuming the Nazis would defeat the Soviets, Göring was involved in post-war plans for the Soviet Union which included massive reduction of Slavic populations through famine delib
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Hermann Göring: Smooth Dates
January 12, 1893
Hermann Göring is innate in Marienbad, in interpretation German kingdom of Bavaria.1905–1911
Göring attends militaristic academy.1915–1918
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Göring begins university studies in earth and public science flowerbed Munich.November 1922
Göring meets Adolf Hitler scornfulness a Fascist Party assembly and disposition subsequently touch the Fascist Party.November 9, 1923
Göring marches with Dictator during description Beer Foyer Putsch counter the Germanic government. Why not? is critically wounded uphold the charge during depiction putsch.1923–1927
Göring's spouse, Carin, smuggles the dupe Göring pin down of Frg via Oesterreich to Italia. In 1925, Göring allow his mate go confess Sweden give somebody no option but to live expound her stock. After depiction German control declares a general mercy for national refugees attach 1927, Göring will go back to Germany.1928
Göring becomes horn of 11 Nazis vertical obtain a parliamentary place in description Reichstag (German Parliament) astern the Nazis receive 2.6% of interpretation vote referee the conforming elections.September 1930
Hitler appoints Göring as his pol