Goering
Hermann Goering was a prominent Nazi leader in Germany, serving as Adolf Hitler's designated successor and commander of the Luftwaffe (German air force) during World War II.
He played a central role in establishing the Gestapo and concentration camps, and was convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg trials.
Goering committed suicide by cyanide capsule hours before his scheduled execution in 1946.
The name sometimes appears in historical discussions as shorthand for Nazi excess and corruption.
Hitler's totalitarian German state
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- HitlerNazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- AxisWartime fascist alliance
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
Gestapo · occupation · resistance · Allies · D-Day · Stalingrad · Normandy · appeasement
Elected government official
- leaderOne who guides others
- powerfulHaving great strength
- influentialHaving considerable effect
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
art collector · looting · opulence · medals · hunting · vanity · corpulence
German trial city
- defendantParty facing charges
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- crimes against humanitySystematic persecution of civilians
verdict · guilty · testimony · execution · cyanide · suicide · prisoner · interrogation
Flying or operating aircraft
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- fighter pilotAirborne military combatant
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
aerial warfare · air force · ace · flak · dogfight · Messerschmitt · Battle of Britain · flight
Systematic annihilation of a people
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- mass murderKilling multiple people simultaneously
persecution · human rights · complicity · deportation · extermination
Third Reich
Hitler's totalitarian German state
Wehrmacht · Gestapo · occupation · resistance · Allies · D-Day · Stalingrad · Normandy · appeasement · Rhineland
politician
Elected government official
- leaderOne who guides others
- powerfulHaving great strength
- influentialHaving considerable effect
flamboyant · art collector · looting · opulence · medals · hunting · vanity · corpulence
Nuremberg
German trial city
- defendantParty facing charges
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
crimes against humanity · verdict · guilty · testimony · execution · cyanide · suicide · prisoner · interrogation · conviction
aviation
Flying or operating aircraft
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- fighter pilotAirborne military combatant
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
bomber · aerial warfare · air force · ace · flak · dogfight · Messerschmitt · Battle of Britain · flight · radar
genocide
Systematic annihilation of a people
- concentration campsFacilities for mass detention
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
mass murder · persecution · human rights · complicity · deportation · extermination
- Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler, Hitler, Nazi, Nazis, Nazi Party
- WWII LeadersHitler, Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini
- German GeneralsRommel, Hindenburg, Moltke, Model, Beck
- Famous DeathsAbraham Lincoln, Julius Caesar, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Field MarshalsMontgomery, Rommel, Kitchener, Wellington, Alexander
- German AviationLuftwaffe, Lufthansa, Messerschmitt, Stuka, Zeppelin
GoeringOskar Schindler
Mahatma Gandhi · Albert Schweitzer · Mother Teresa · Desmond Tutu · Martin Luther King Jr.
GoeringWinston Churchill
Britain's WWII premier
Dwight D. Eisenhower · Charles de Gaulle · Franklin D. Roosevelt · George Patton
GoeringOskar Schindler
Anne Frank · Winston Churchill · Elie Wiesel · Dwight Eisenhower · Charles de Gaulle