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A Short Biography of Hermann Goring

Author Name:

Hermann Goring

Born As:

Hermann Wilhelm Göring

Other Names:

Hermann Wilhelm Göring

Born:

12 Jan 1893

Died:

15 Oct 1946




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Politician, soldier and a leading member of the Nazi Party                          
                          
Father - Heinrich Ernst Göring
Göring had among his patrician ancestors Eberle/Eberlin, a Swiss-German family who were originally Jewish financiers who converted to Christianity in the 15th century.
Godfather Hermann Epenstein was a Christian of jewish descent.
First wife Carin von Kantznow - 1923-1931, died.
Second wife - Emmy Sonnemann - 1935-1946.
Four children.
                          
Hitler's designated successor.
President of the Reichstag - 1932 - 1945
Minister President of the Free State of Prussia - 1933  -1945
Reichsstatthalter of Prussia - 1935 - 1945
Reich Minister of Aviation - 1933 - 1945
Reich Minister of Forestry - 1934 - 1945                          
He was tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945-1946 and sentenced to death by hanging. However, he committed suicide by swallowing potassium cyanide before he was scheduled to be hanged.