Posted on 08/25/2020 2:56:59 PM PDT by dmam2011
(CU) - Hitler’s secretary, Martin Bormann, held a strongly personal dislike for Hermann Göring. And on April 23, 1945, he saw a window to convince Hitler a telegram sent by Goring, suggesting Göring's take over Germany’s leadership, exposed the longtime deputy as a traitor. Hitler immediately authorized Göring’s arrest by the SS as being treasonous. Shortly afterwards, Göring then sent a letter with an aide to Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower, seeking a personal meeting. A nearby U.S. Army officer, Brigadier-General Robert Stack, received the courier’s letter regarding an intent to surrender. The arrangements were made, and a meeting was established. After a prolonged standoff, General Stack directed Göring to get into the allied commander's vehicle. “Twelve years, I’ve had a good run for my money.” Göring responded.
Göring found his imprisonment at the infamous Nuremberg trial frustrating. He took pleasure in taunting guards and creating tension in the general area. At the same time, he also became friendly with other guards by signing autographs and exchanging common childhood or wartime stories. Göring was known to be a manipulative character capable of building influence over younger soldiers assigned to guard his cell or transfers. It was clear to the more senior offices; he was playing chess on a daily basis. He continued his game up until his final day, after being found guilty and sentenced to death, and his unexpected suicide by cyanide.
How did he obtain the cyanide capsule that ended his life?
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Yep, they put him on a strict diet before the trial.
These characters are interesting...as vile as he was there was still a strength of character he had that most do not possess.
I recall hearing the same story.
I played rugby for Cypress College around 1977 or so. After one injury I went to the school doctor, an older gentleman, who had time to talk to me. When I mentioned that I’ve been stationed in Germany for almost 4 years he said he was in Germany himself. He was a doctor at the Nuremberg trials. He went on to tell me that he was the Doctor who declared Göering dead. Wow.
Other first hand accounts portray Goering, the military fashion designer as effiminate.
Too connected.From what I remember it was the Krupp family.
Wow, rubbing elbows with history.
Like Goring, the guard was a hunting enthusiast and the two had developed a friendship on that basis. Higher ups and prison psychiatrists knew but, contrary to sound prison practice, permitted the friendship in the thinking that it would help cheer Goring up and make him more accepting of his fate.
Ned Putzell's story should be rejected. In retirement in Naples, Florida, Putzell's developed a peculiar fascination with and affection for the Nazis. At first, he had a room in his house for displays of his personal collection of Nazi memorabilia, with the room locked and shown only to trusted visitors as he made "the Nazis were not wrong about everything" kind of comments and slammed the Jews and Israel. A person who told me of this thought that Putzell was a crypto-Nazi and was astonished when I told of his record in WW II as a senior US intelligence official.
In time, as Putzell aged and his wife died, the Nazi material became openly displayed in his living room in an assisted living facility, with Putzell eager to show off his collection to even casual visitors. As Putzell's mind detiorated further, his story emerged of helping Goring commit suicide. It seems to be a sort of oddball fanboy fantasy with no basis in fact.
Adolph Hitler’s nephew served in the US navy in WWII as a pharmacist’s mate (corpsman) and received a purple heart.
Goering was no dummy, and he could be quite charming when he wanted to. I don’t think he was personally as anti-semitic as the others, but went with the flow to keep in Hitler’s good graces.
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The bottom line is that Goering would have needed a very sturdy rope...the type that they use to tie down an aircraft carrier during a hurricane.So maybe he did the right thing.
5’7” ish and 300lbs? Whew..
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