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Hermann Göring

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Born January 12, 1893 · Rosenheim, Germany

Died October 15, 1946

Also known as Hermann Wilhelm Göring

Biography

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.

Awards & recognition

  • honorary citizen of Gdańsk · 1943
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty · 1942
  • Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland · 1941
  • Order of Michael the Brave, 1st class · 1941
  • Order of Michael the Brave, 2nd class · 1941
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  • Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd class with swords · 1941
  • Danzig Cross 1st Class · 1939
  • Danzig Cross 2nd Class · 1939
  • Collar of the Imperial Order of the Red Arrows · 1938
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog · 1938
  • Cross of HonourCombatants, with Swords · 1934
  • Knight of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order · 1918
  • Pour le Mérite · 1918
  • knight of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern · 1917
  • Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order · 1917
  • Order of the Zähringer Lion · 1917
  • Iron Cross 2nd Class · 1915
  • Blood Order
  • Danzig Cross
  • Golden Party Badge
  • Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
  • Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Order of Michael the Brave
  • Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
  • Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius Equal-to-apostles
  • Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
  • Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class
  • Royal Order of the Sword

Filmography23 titles

A Web of War

1996as Self (archive footage)

The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill

2017as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Apocalypse: The Second World War

as Self (archive footage)

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022as Self (archive footage)

Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

2019as Self (archive footage)

A Wall in Jerusalem

1968as Self (archive footage)

Genocide

1982as Self - at Nuremberg Trials (archive footage)

Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler

as Self (archive footage)

The Last Days

1998as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hitler: A Career

1977as Self (archive footage)

Goering's Catalogue: A Collection of Art and Blood

2021as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

2015as Self - Politician (archive footage)

The Soviet Story

2008as Self (archive footage)

The First World War

2003as Self (archive footage)

Crusade in Europe

as Self (archive footage)

The Smashing of the Reich

1961as Self (archive footage)

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1938as Self - Spectator (uncredited)

Triumph of the Will

1935as Self

Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today

1948as Self

American Experience

1988as Self (archive footage)

Filmmakers for the Prosecution

2023as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hitler's Bodyguard

2008as Self (archive footage)

Mission to Moscow

1943as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)