the disciples of the Wolf: Hermann Goering by ric Gustafson
Hermann Goering was born on January 12 1893 in Rosenheim Bavaria. Hermann Goering surrendered to the 36th Infantry Division near Radstadt Austria on May 7 1945. He was traveling with twenty vehicles, his wife, his daughter, his sister in law, his chef, valet and others. In total about 75 people. By 1937, Goering was addicted to codeine, pain killers and cough tablets. He weighed over 300 pounds and had sent his senior aide to negotiate his surrender to the Americans.
Goering was the fourth of five children. In the first World War, Goering was a member of Richthofen's JG1 squadron. He married Carin Von Krantzow in 1923. He joined the Nazi party in 1922 in order to fight the communists. He participated in the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. In 1926, he became Hitler's second in command. He was appointed President of the Reichstag in 1932. He founded the Gestapo and came up with the idea for the concentration camps.
He became famous for looting paintings and works of art. He was sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials on four counts. Those counts were conspiracy to wage war, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. He escaped being hung by a noose by committing suicide in his cell on October 15 1946.
research help: ' The Nazi Files' by Paul Roland
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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