Hermann Göring
Also known as: Field Marshal Hermann Goering · Hermann Wilhelm Goering
- 1Hermann Göring was a high-ranking German politician and a central figure in the Nazi Party.
- 2He served as the Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, commanding the German air force until the end of the regime.
- 3His political influence spanned the duration of the Nazi dictatorship from 1933 to 1945.
- 4He was a trained aviator and held significant military command roles throughout his career.
- 5Following the war, he was tried and convicted as a war criminal.
Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a German politician, aviator, military commander, and convicted war criminal.
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major figure investigated by the ALIU
The ALIU conducted extensive interrogations of Göring regarding his massive private art collection, which was largely composed of looted works.
High-ranking Nazi official involved in art looting
Göring was deeply involved in the acquisition of looted art and was one of the primary figures interested in the recovery and possession of the Amber Room.
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.
Nuremberg Trials . Defendants in their dock, circa 1945-1946. (in front row, from left to right) : Hermann Göring , Rudolf Heß , Joachim von Ribbentrop , Wilhelm Keitel (in second row, from left to right) : Karl Dönitz , Erich Raeder , Baldur von Schirach , Fritz SauckelWikimedia Commons; Work of the United States Government; Creator: Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality/Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S); Public domain; Wikimedia Commons: Her...Göring as ReichsmarschallWikimedia Commons; Robert Röhr; Photographs available at www.audiovis.nac.gov.pl are public domain or the owner of the copyrights is the State Treasury of Poland, represented by the National Digital Archive and which grant free of charge licence for free use...Hermann Göring's signatureWikimedia Commons; Hermann Göring; Traced in Adobe Illustrator from http://www.trialrun.com/nuremberg_profiles/profiles-imaps/hermann_goering-imap.jpg; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata P109 (signature) 51 words