Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring was a leading Nazi politician and military commander who founded the Gestapo and led the Luftwaffe during World War II.

Adolf Hitler: Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. Hitler made Göring one of his closest political allies and designated him successor before the war.
Gestapo: The Gestapo was Nazi Germany’s secret state police, responsible for surveillance and political repression. Göring established the Prussian political police in 1933, the institution that became the Gestapo.
Night of the Long Knives: The Night of the Long Knives was Hitler’s purge of political rivals and SA leaders in June and July 1934. Göring helped organize the purge and used it to strengthen his position in the regime.
Nazi Germany: Nazi Germany was the German state ruled by Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship from 1933 to 1945. Göring helped build and govern the regime whose institutions carried out dictatorship and war.
Ernst Röhm: Ernst Röhm led the Nazi Party’s paramilitary Sturmabteilung until his murder in 1934. Göring helped Hitler eliminate Röhm and other SA leaders during the Night of the Long Knives.
Luftwaffe: The Luftwaffe was Nazi Germany’s air force from 1935 until the end of World War II. As commander-in-chief, Göring oversaw the air force central to his military prestige.
Anschluss: The Anschluss was Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria in March 1938. Göring used pressure and threats to help force Austria’s incorporation into Germany.
Nazi persecution of Jews: Nazi persecution of Jews was the escalating system of legal discrimination, dispossession, violence, and deportation before and during the Holocaust. Göring backed measures that stripped Jews of rights and property, including the 1938 Aryanization decree.
Heinrich Himmler: Heinrich Himmler led the SS and oversaw Nazi Germany’s police and concentration-camp systems. Himmler’s growing control of the police displaced Göring’s early authority over the Gestapo.
Four Year Plan: The Four Year Plan was a Nazi economic program launched in 1936 to prepare Germany for war. Hitler appointed Göring to direct this program, expanding his control over industry and resources.

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