Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe, Germany’s air force, Hitler’s anointed successor, Hermann Goering was a larger than life drug addict and poseur. Nazi Hunters s1e12: Goering: The Star Exhibit, Yesterday 2010
At the end of the War Goering was the only top Nazi left alive; the Allies were desperate to put him in the dock … Goering became the star exhibit. ibid.
He’d been a decorated fighter ace in World War I. ibid.
He had become the star exhibit, the prize captive. ibid.
Four counts: conspiracy to wage war, crimes against the peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. ibid.
Goering looked away, not watching the harrowing footage. ibid.
His final act of defiance … He had committed suicide by cyanide capsule. ibid.
Goering’s promise has proven to be a catastrophically empty one. But Goering’s own humiliation is only just beginning: as he starts his speech the sirens wail over Berlin. Hitler’s Circle of Evil s1e8: The Rise of the Sycophants, History 2018
After treatment, Goering returned to Hitler’s side and helped orchestrate the Nazis’ earliest atrocities. Nazis: Ultimate Evil, History 2019, expert
Goering helped fund his life of excess by stealing on a grand scale … ‘The most massive art theft in the history of the world.’ ibid.
Goering has the green light to round up the Nazis’ political opponents. Rise of the Nazis II, BBC 2019