Wars, politics & history

Birth of Hermann Göring

12 January 1893

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946). Hermann Göring was born on 12 January 1893 in what is now Germany. Hermann Göring is remembered as a politician, aircraft pilot and war criminal, a citizen of the German Empire and Nazi Germany. Notable works include “Gestapo”. Positions held included member of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic and member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany.

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