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Albert Göring - Hermann Göring's anti-Nazi brother - topic of a new book, Thirty Four guardian.co.uk :: 2010-02-20
Hermann Göring was a Nazi leader, his brother Albert a sercret saviour of Jews. William Hastings Burke tells the story of two very different brothers in his book "Thirty Four". On the outskirts of Munich stands the grave of Albert Göring. I have travelled there to bid farewell to this man I have come to know so well. For 3 years I have retraced his footsteps to put a face to the Göring that history has forgotten. The surname is familiar, thanks to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, head of Luftwaffe. Albert, his little-known brother, was his antithesis – a Holocaust hero who saved Jews and dissidents. [Buy from Amazon: US, UK, CA, DE]
Hitler's Children: Descendants of Göring, Eichmann speak out in documentary film ynetnews.com :: 2010-01-20 :: Famous Nazi Descendants: Reich ancestry
A small group of Germans are slowly coming to grips with the crimes of their fathers and grandfathers. After the end of WW2 the descendants of the Nazi leaders were left a legacy that links them to the horrors of the Third Reich. Adolf Hitler did not have children. Joseph and Magda Goebbels killed their 6 kids in Hitler's bunker in 1945. But what about the families of Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Eichmann? In "Hitler's Children" the Nazi descendants discuss the struggle between the admiration that children have toward their parents and their revulsion of their crimes.
Hermann Goering Industrial Sword discovered beerhallputsch.com :: 2009-04-26 :: WW2, Nazi, Samurai Swords
German WW2 militaria dealer beerhallputsch.com has discovered the Hermann Goering Industrial Sword. The German gentleman told that his father had rented an out building from the Krupp's Manufacturing firm in Essen Germany in 1946 to establish a business. The sword was found in the debris during clean up, taken back home, and stored away at the family's house ever since. A letter from the Krupp's firm explains that they did indeed have such a sword commissioned as well presented to ReichMarshall Goering, and the company spokesperson also mentioned that they had a smaller prototype made up as a scale model.
Hermann Goering as a pin-up: The German women's magazines mixed fashion and Fascism dailymail.co.uk :: 2009-04-15 :: Hermann Goering: Commander of Luftwaffe
With WW2 recipes and fashion, it seems to offer a diverting read for housewives. But a clue to the sinister aims of this women's magazine lies in the choice of cover model: Hermann Goering. The Nazis wanted more than just entertain Third Reich women. Each issue of Frauen Warte (Women Wait) included articles full of propaganda. The cover photo from February 1940 shows Luftwaffe boss Goering cuddling baby daughter Edda in a warped version of the kind of 'tough but sensitive man' images frequently seen today. Frauen Warte, the Nazi Party's biweekly magazine for women, published 1935-1945, and in 1939 it had a circulation of 1.9million.
How a British lawyer beat Hermann Göring after he outsmarted American prosecutor Robert Jackson dailymail.co.uk :: 2009-03-20
He was the most important Nazi leader to be captured by the Allies and face trial at the end of World War II. But Herman Goering, far from being broken by his downfall, was a formidable defendant at the Nuremberg hearings, outsmarting his U.S. prosecutor. During his cross-examination, Goering's mocking and evasive answers got the better of American prosecutor Robert Jackson, who became so angry that he refused to continue. It took a British lawyer to turn the tide against the overweight Luftwaffe chief, nicknamed 'fat boy' by his captors. Letters of prosecutor Sir David Maxwell Fyfe shed light on the historic face-off in 1946.
Ed Frye served with a unit that captured the Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring western-star.com :: 2009-03-05
As the World War 2 was nearing its end, Ed Frye's unit was assigned to go behind enemy lines and seize Hermann Goering, one of the leading Nazis and head of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Frye drove the jeep that arranged to meet Goering outside of his castle, where he would surrender. When Goering did not arrive, Ed's company traveled deeper into German territory. On May 7, 1945, they finally found Goering. Goering gave Lt. Jerome Shapiro a Walther PPK pistol in a red leather box as a sign of capitulation. During the surrender, Frye manned the large guns on he back of the jeeps to guard against ambush.
Looted Hermann Goering paintings catalogued for the first time telegraph.co.uk :: 2009-02-03
Hermann Goering collected some of the world's most important pieces of art to decorate the walls of his country retreat near Berlin. Now photos of every painting he had will be published in a book that is expected to become a key research tool for museums, and help reunite the artworks with their owners and their descendants. The project, by Nancy Yeide, head of curatorial records at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, has found that Goering amassed 2,000 looted works of art. The book's publisher, Robert Edsel, an expert in looted artworks, said the book would be of interest to historians, art experts and ordinary readers.
A pair of WWII veterans who guarded Nazi war criminals during the Nuremberg trials vets4politics :: 2009-01-24
Bill Miller and Ken Fulkerson told of their time as guards during the Nuremberg Trials at the end of World War II. The two combat veterans were among the GIs who stood outside the cells of the 21 high-ranking Nazi officials. The most important of the Nazi captives was the most engaging: Hermann Goering, the Luftwaffe chief and No. 2 man in the Nazi regime. Fulkerson shed light on the question of how Goering got a cyanide capsule: "I know that he asked a second lieutenant to bring him a small bag when he needed it. The lieutenant brought the bag that day, and the capsule was in the bag." He said the lieutenant got a gold watch from Goering for his co-operation.
Rare personal items of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goring auctioned off in Dallas prweb.com :: 2008-11-25 :: Nazi Relics: Personal items of leaders
One of the greatest Nazi Memorabilia collection ever collected is for sale. It includes rare personal items of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring like: a large gold ring worn by Hermann Göring with his family crest; Luftwaffe emblem for the WW2 German Air Force plus the Elk's head and swastika emblem for the National Hunter's Association that Göring founded; a large marble ashtray from his palace with the same Huntsman's and Luftwaffe emblems; fabric from Karinhalle furniture; Adolf Hitler's calling card with autograph; a large tapestry from the Eagle's Nest; a WWII German field telephone made of black Bakelite from Hitler's headquarters in East Prussia...
Bettina Goering, descendant of Hermann Goering, seeks closure in Israel iht.com :: 2008-10-31 :: Hermann Goering: Commander of Luftwaffe
Bettina Goering, whose great-uncle was the Nazi leader Hermann Goering, ran away at 13, lived on a commune in India, fled to the US and was sterilized. All to escape the legacy of her last name. Bettina's journey to cleanse herself of the family's nazi past is revealed in the documentary "Bloodlines" - which shows her emotional encounters with Ruth Rich, a child of Holocaust survivors. Bettina's father Heinz was adopted by Hermann Goering, and like him, Heinz become a Luftwaffe fighter pilot. He was downed over the Soviet Union. Freed in 1952, he traveled back only to find that his two brothers had killed themselves and the family's fortunes were gone.
Hermann Goering's yacht Carin II for sale ybw :: 2008-05-21
Hermann Goering's yacht -- Carin II, a 90ft (27m) teak motor cruiser built in 1937 -- has come up for sale near the Egyptian beach resort of El Gouna. Unlike 'Hitler’s yacht', scuttled in 1989 off the Miami coast in spite of her sketchy provenance, she could soon be on her way to a restoration. She's being offered for sale by American owner Sandra Simpson at $295,000 through Nazi memorabilia website www.pzg.biz. Considering the boat would need an in-depth restoration, the price is high, a reflection of her controversial history.
Nazi Number One: Hermann Goering -- Documentary smh :: 2008-01-11
What a colourful cast of villains the Third Reich left to history: Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels; and the great Charlie Chaplin impersonator Adolf Hitler. The usual fourth in the nazi quartet was Hermann Goering, the fat-faced chap often seen walking two steps behind the Fuehrer in footage. Goering was one of the nicer Nazis: He got on with people and made jokes at his own expense. This image was backed by films Goering made about himself, and which form the basis of this 3-part profile of Hitler's second-in-command. But there was a brutal nature beneath the jovial folksiness: He held the post of Reich Hunting Master, and Hitler described him "as cold as ice".
My Interview with top Nazi Hermann Göring spiegel :: 2006-11-29
Special Correspondent Ernst Michel, Auschwitz number 104995, covered the Nuremberg trials. Then one day Germann Göring's lawyer came up to me during a trial recess, and said that Göring wanted to personally meet this Auschwitz prisoner whose articles kept appearing in the paper. The lawyer had me promise that I would not write one line about this meeting. So we went to Göring's cell and the door opened. Göring smiled, came up to me and wanted to shake my hand. At that moment I suddenly froze. I couldn't move.
Hermann Göring interviews surface from National Archives wvgazette :: 2006-09-17
When Ken Hechler lucked out of a position as a tank commander and became a war historian, he had no idea he’d come face to face with one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. But in 1945, it fell to Major Hechler to conduct interviews with Hermann Göring. The top Nazis were captured in June-July of 1945, and assembled at town of Mondorf. It would be the first time Americans would talk with Nazi leaders face to face about the conduct of the war. Göring, as head of the German air force Luftwaffe and one of Adolf Hitler’s closest associates, was in a unique position to shed light on the Hitler’s plans.
Search of Nazi leader Hermann Goring's private train and safe washingtonpost :: 2006-03-21
Alden Todd was a writer and WWII parachute infantryman whose wartime exploits included a search of Nazi leader Hermann Goring's private train. Because he spoke fluent French and knew some German, he was assigned shortly after V-E Day as a driver-interpreter in southern Germany, where Hitler and several high-ranking Nazis maintained vacation estates. A captain inspecting Goring's private train ordered Private Todd to translate documents found in the Nazi leader's safe. He told the captain that the documents were difficult to understand but that they had something to do with Germany's attempts to split the atom, an almost meaningless concept to the young soldier.
Descendant of Hermann Goering converts to Judaism independent :: 2006-03-06 :: Famous Nazi Descendants: Reich ancestry
"I used to feel cursed by my name. Now I feel blessed", said physiotherapist Matthias Goering, a descendant of Hermann Goering. He says he did not have a happy childhood. His great-grandfather and Hermann's grandfather were brothers, and that was enough to ensure problems after the fall of the Third Reich. His father, a military doctor, was a Soviet POW, but returned with his anti-Semitic views intact. "When times were hard our parents would say to us, 'You can't have that, because all our money's gone to the Jews.'" Other descendants of Nazis have trodden the same path. Katrin Himmler, who's uncle was the SS commander Heinrich Himmler, married an Israeli.
Writer shone light on Goering, participated in espionage efforts charlotte :: 2005-12-16
Kurt Singer, an anti-Nazi activist and spy during WWII, has died. His books include works on espionage and biographies (i.e. Hitler henchman Hermann Goering). He grew up in Berlin, where he became worried about the rise of Adolf Hitler. He began publishing an anti-Nazi underground weekly in 1933. The Nazis soon put a price on his head, and he fled to Sweden. With Kurt Grossman, he wrote a biography of Von Ossietzky that helped win the Nobel Peace Prize for the humanitarian. The writer worked as a spy, providing information about Russian and Nazi activities in Scandinavia.
60th anniversary of the beginning of the Nuremberg Trials TracyPress :: 2005-11-06 :: Nuremberg Trials: Nazi War Criminals
Bill Miller and Ken Fulkerson were U.S. Army guards at the Nuremberg prison where the top Nazis were housed, and on a daily basis they looked directly into the eyes of Hermann Göring, Joaquim von Ribbentrop, Rudolf Hess, Gen. Wilhelm Keitel and 18 other indicted World War II war criminals. “Göring was the most open and friendly of the bunch,” Miller recalled. “He would talk to you about a lot of things, but he never talked much about himself or about politics.” Fulkerson also guarded Göring’s cell on occasion and gained the same impression of the No. 2 man in the Nazi hierarchy. “I remember Göring most of all,” he said. “He was very natural and friendly.”
Goering's furred division strikes - :: 2005-10-23 :: Lighter side
Germany is stepping up its battle against 'Nazi' racoons after they ruined much of this year's wine harvest. The racoons were released into the German countryside in 1934 under the orders of Hermann Goering.
US Guard gave Nazi leader Hermann Goering suicide pill BBC :: 2005-10-06 :: Hermann Goering: Commander of Luftwaffe
Goering killed himself only hours before he was scheduled to be hanged in 1946, following his conviction for war crimes at the Nuremberg trials. Now Herbert Lee Stivers, who was a 19-year-old guard at the trials, says he agreed to carry "medicine" to the imprisoned Nazi air force chief.
Hermann Goering's gold ring up for auction gold :: 2005-05-09 :: Nazi Ring
A gold ring once owned by Nazi war criminal, Hermann Goering, has been put up for auction in New Zealand. The gold signet ring is covered in Nazi regalia and comes with a certificate of authenticity. It is thought the ring was made by jeweller, Professor Herbert Zeitner, in 1942. The ring was then confiscated by the US Army when Hermann Goering was surrendered in Austria in 1945.
Hermann Goering's luxurious yacht named Carin II scotsman :: 2004-02-09
It has belonged to one of Germany’s most notorious Nazi leaders, the British Royal Family and the man who perpetrated the Hitler Diaries hoax. A gift to Hermann Goering, supreme commander of the Luftwaffe, the luxurious yacht hosted some of the most chilling meetings of the Third Reich. Hitler was a frequent visitor, as was Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels, SS chief Heinrich Himmler, and his security police leader, Reinhard Heydrich. Goering stored the finest wines and cognac aboard, hosted lavish dinners and shot ducks from a specially constructed platform on the bow.
See also:
'WWII, Nazi Uniforms'
'Himmler'
'Goebbels'
'Nazi Relics: Personal belongings of Nazi Leaders'
'Nazi Daggers'
'Hitler: gift watches to nazi leaders'.