Title
Hermann Göring, German Nazi politician and military leader, Germany, 1941. Artist: Unknown
Caption
Hermann Göring, German Nazi politician and military leader, Germany, 1941. Göring (1893-1946) during a visit by the Japanese Foreign Minister Yotsuke Matsuoka (1880-1946). A decorated World War I fighter ace who flew with Baron Manfred von Richthofen's squadron, Göring joined the Nazi party in 1922. The following year he was involved in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch alongside Adolf Hitler. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Göring became one of the new regime's leading figures. He commanded the Gestapo until 1934, when he handed its command over to Heinrich Himmler, and from 1935 onwards was commander of the Luftwaffe, the German air force. Captured by the Allies at the end of the Second World War, Göring was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials, but committed suicide the night before he was due to be executed.
Date
1940
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives
Reference
HRM19D84_370
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
32,5Mb (950,6Kb) / 10,0in x 12,7in / 2988 x 3804 (300dpi)