Goering biography pdf

Goering rapidly sank into lethargy and a world of illusions, expressly forbidding General Galland to report that enemy fighters were accompanying bomber squadrons deeper and deeper into German territory in When Hitler declared that he would remain in the Berlin bunker to the end, Goering, who had already left for Bavaria, misinterpreted this as an abdication and requested that he be allowed to take over at once; he was ignominiously dismissed from all his posts, expelled from the party, and arrested.

Shortly afterward, on May 9, , Goering was captured by forces of the American Seventh Army and, to his great surprise, put on trial at Nuremberg in During his trial Goering, who had slimmed in captivity and had been taken off drugs, defended himself with aggressive vigor and skill, frequently outwitting the prosecuting counsel.

With Hitler dead, he stood out among the defendants as the dominating personality, dictating attitudes to other prisoners in the dock and adopting a pose of self-conscious heroism motivated by the belief that he would be immortalized as a German martyr. Nevertheless, Goering failed to convince the judges, who found him guilty on all four counts: of conspiracy to wage war, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

No mitigating circumstances were found, and Goering was sentenced to death by hanging. On October 15, , two hours before his scheduled execution, Goering committed suicide in his cell, taking a capsule of poison he had succeeded in hiding from his guards.

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