Birth of Herman Goering
Birth of Herman Goering, in Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria, the son of a colonial official
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Herman Goering Biography and Timeline
Follow Herman Goering through 111 dated historical records for Germany.
Herman Goering, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1893–1935Years on this page
1893
1918
Commander of Jagdeshwader
Appointed Commander of the Jagdeshwader
Commander of Jagdeshwader
Appointed Commander of the Jagdeshwader
Role range: 1939-1945
Iron Cross
Awarded the Iron Cross, 1st class
Role range: 1939-1945
Pour le Merite
Awarded the Pour le Merite Medal
Role range: 1939-1945
1922
Commander of SA
Appointed Supreme Commander of the Sturmabteilung
1st Meeting With Hitler
1st meets Hitler & joins the Nazi Party
Role range: 1922-1945
Marriage
Marries Carin von Kantzow, a 29 yr old Swedish woman
Role range: 1922-1945
NSDAP
Appointed Member of NSDAP
Role range: 1922-1945
1923
Munich Beer Hall Putsch
Severely wounded after the police open fire, wounds which effect his future health
Role range: 1922-1945
Exile of Herman Goering
Escapes to Austria after the Munich Beer Hall Putsch then lives in Italy & Sweden
Role range: 1922-1945
Arrest of Herman Goering
Arrested for part played in the Beer Hall Putsch
Role range: 1922-1945
1926
Exile of Herman Goering
Escapes to Sweden
Role range: 1922-1945
1927
Exile of Herman Goering
Returns to Germany after the amnesty & reestablishes contact with Hitler
Role range: 1922-1945
1928
Reichstag
Appointed Spokesman for the Lufthansa, with a fee of 1,000 Marks a month. Appointed Member of Reichstag, 1 of 12 Nazis
1930
Reichstag
Appointed Member of Reichstag, 2nd time
Political Agent
Appointed Hitler's Political Agent in Berlin
1931
Carinhall
Goering founds a mausoleum in memory of his former wife
Role range: 1922-1945
Death of Herman Goering
Death of Carin Goering, dies of TB, Goerings 1st wife
Role range: 1922-1945
Mausoleum
Goering founds a mausoleum in memory of his former wife
Role range: 1922-1945
1932
President of Germany
Appointed President of the Reichstag after the Nazis become the largest Party
Role range: 1932-1945
1933
Minister President
Appointed Minister President for Prussia
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Election
Helps agree to an election fund of 3 million Reichsmarks from leading industrialists. Business leaders meet at Goerings Presidents Palace & agree to finance Hitler
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Plot
Launches a raid on the Communist Party HQ
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Raid
Launches a raid on the Karl Liebknecht Haus
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Plot
Suspected of being involved because a tunnel leads from his office to the Reichstag
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Plot
Claims van der Lubbe was a pawn in in Communist Plot to lunch a campaign of terror
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Police
Establishes an auxilliary police force of 50,000 composed of SA & SS members
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Purge
Purges the Prussian administration & appoints loyal party supporters
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Reich Air Ministry
Goering is placed in charge of the Reich Air Ministry and the secret development of German air power
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Armament
Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Dismissal
Dismisses all the police in Prussia who are not Nazi sympathisers
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Luftwaffe
Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Mobilization
Calls up SA & SS members as "police auxiliaries"
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Plot
Has the Marxist Press banned. Has 4,000 Communists & Social Democrats arrested
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Minister of Aviation
Appointed Minister of Aviation
Role range: 1933-1945
Reich Air Marshal
Appointed Reich Air Marshal. Appointed Interior Minister for Prussia
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
1934
Reform of Secret Police
Goering hands over the Gestapo to Himmler
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Purge
Has a list of those who are executed. Goering & Himmler organize the arrest of the SA in Berlin
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
1935
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Airforce
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Records, sources and methodology
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