Göring the Nazi monster! The self-styled Reischsmarschall was Hitler’s air force chief, joint founder of the Gestapo terror and concentration camps, drug addict, Jew hater, bon vivant and passionate hunter
But in 1945, Hermann Göring found himself post-war in a US prison where he was interviewed by a Jewish banker’s son called Eric M. Warburg. His memories of the vain excuses offered up by the dense Nazi thug have now been detailed in ‘Cicero’ magazine.
BILD can reveal some excerpts:
• First meeting: “As Göring entered the interrogation room for the first time, he was wearing a blue shirt and grey sweater and leaning heavily on a walking stick. He sat down on the soda, which he completely filled up with his 113 kilos”.
• Excuses: “He tried by all means possible, whether subtle or obvious, to clear himself of wrongdoing. He made Hitler responsible for nearly all the errors of the German supreme command and the Luftwaffe.
“He explained very seriously how he would have defended churches and how very much he had been against the anti-Semitic policies.
"‘Of course the Jewish influence was strong’, but ‘the methods which were used were never planned by me and are indefensible’, he said and pulled from his left pocket of his Marshall’s uniform the forms of his monthly transfers to his wife’s Jewish dressmaker in Theresienstadt. ‘You should know that Theresienstadt was not such a bad camp’”.
• Coup against Hitler: “He [Hitler] saw Göring for the last time on Hitler’s birthday, April 20 1945, in the bunker of the Reichschancellory in Berlin.
“Hitler – whose total distrust was now also directed against his close allies in the SS and Gestapo hierarchy – was full of hate for Göring, he already abhorred his physical presence. Therefore he told Göring to leave the air raid shelter.
“According to Goering’s information, after much hesitating by his officers he was convinced to send Hitler the following radio message: “My Führer! Do you agree that following your resolution to remain in the command post at the fortress of Berlin, I as your deputy should in accordance with your decree of 29.6.1941 immediately take over total leadership of the Reich with full freedom to act inwardly and outwardly? If by 22:00 there is no answer, I will assume that you have been robbed of the freedom of action’.
“To Göring’s misfortune, Hitler’s answer came all too promptly.
"In a message which Göring regarded as genuine, the Führer answered on 23.4.1945: ‘The decree of 29.6.1941 comes into force only with my special permission. There is no talk of a robbing of my freedom of action. I forbid therefore each step suggested by you. Adolf Hitler’
"Afterwards Hitler arranged Göring’s arrest in Berchtesgaden by the SS”
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