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Hermann Göring

1893–1946 · 20th century · Also known as Hermann Goering

Hermann Göring was a leading Nazi, a First World War fighter pilot who became commander of the Luftwaffe and Hitler's designated successor. As minister-president of Prussia from 1933 he founded the Gestapo and used the Prussian police against the regime's opponents. Convicted at Nuremberg of war crimes and crimes against humanity, he killed himself in 1946.

Hermann Göring
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