Showing posts with label Hermann Göring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hermann Göring. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Hitler Walking with Entourages at the Legion Condor Ceremony


Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) at the welcoming ceremony for the Condor Legion personnel, which were held in Lustgarten, Berlin, on 6 June 1939. Behind Hitler is his Chief Adjutant, SA-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Brückner; slightly to the right (wearing a brown shirt facing the camera) is one of the commander of Condor Legion, Hellmuth Volkmann (last rank General der Flieger); three men in the center is, from left to right: Großadmiral Erich Raeder (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine), Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres) and Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe); the officer walking on the far right wearing a brown shirt and his face covered with a flag is the last commander of the Condor Legion, Generalmajor Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (last rank Generalfeldmarschall); behind von Richthofen in a black Allgemeine-SS uniform - you will surely know - is Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (Chef der SS und deutschen Polizei), while the Luftwaffe general next to him is Generalmajor Otto Deßloch (Kommandeur 6. Flieger-Division). The nameplates in the background contain those from the Condor Legion personnel who had fallen in the battlefields of Spain during Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The picture was taken by Hugo Jaeger.
 
Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2017/10/upacara-penerimaan-legion-condor-di.html
https://artsandculture.google.com/search?q=hugo%20jaeger&hl=en

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Luftwaffe Generals after Captured (Video)


Original color World War II footage about high ranking Germans in captivity, including: Generalleutnant Adolf Galland (00:05), General der Flieger Hans-Georg von Seidel and Generalingenieur Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Spies (02:53), General der Flieger Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz (04:30), Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring (06:10), and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (07:00).

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmaH77bGS4I

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Heldengedenktag (Heroes' Remembrance Day) 1943

On 21 March 1943, all of Germany commemorates 'Heldengedenktag' (Heroes' Remembrance Day). On this occasion, a state ceremony took place in the Berliner Zeughaus (Berlin armory), in which Hitler also took part. Seated in the front-left row, from left to right: Reichskriegsopferführer Hanns Oberlindober, Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock (Führerreserve), Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch (Generalinspekteur der Luftwaffe), Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (Chef der SS und deutschen Polizei), Großadmiral Karl Dönitz (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine), Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), and Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht). Seated in the front-right row, from left to right: Reichsminister Joachim von Ribbentrop, Reichsminister Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Reichsminister Dr. Wilhelm Frick, SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst der Polizei Kurt Daluege, unknown, Reichsleiter Robert Ley, and SS-Obergruppenführer Dr. Philipp Bouhler.

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1983-0117-06
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/german-military-officers-including-hermann-goering-wilhelm-news-photo/493272171
https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=11336

Monday, June 20, 2022

March through Münich in Remembrance of the Beer Hall Putsch

Commemoration of Hitler's failed coup in 1923 (Münich Putsch or Beer Hall Putsch), which held in Münich on 9 November 1938. Front row: Dr. Friedrich Weber, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Ulrich Graf and Hermann Kriebel. Back row: Max Sasselmann, Dr. Walter Schultze, Alfred Rosenberg, Arno Schickdanz, Philipp Bouhler and Max Amann. Please note that these brown uniforms are not SA uniforms but Alte Kampfer (Blutorden holders). Ulrich Graf even wears an SS sleeve band! The picture was taken by Hugo Jaeger.

Source :
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/hitler-jaeger-file/9gGpSgMuLTw72w?hl=en

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Hitler Arrived at Legion Condor Ceremony

Welcoming ceremony for the Legion Condor which was held in Lustgarten square, Berlin, June 6, 1939. Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) had just arrived at the location of the ceremony and was immediately greeted by the Wehrmacht high officials. They are, from left to right: SS-Gruppenführer Karl Wolff (Chef der Hauptamt Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer-SS), Generaloberst Erhard Milch (Generalinspekteur der Luftwaffe als Vertreter des Oberbefehlshaber Göring), Generalmajor Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (Befehlshaber der Legion Condor), Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), and General der Flieger Hugo Sperrle (Chef der Luftflotte 3). The driver next to Hitler is SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Kempka. The Condor Legion (German: Legion Condor) was a unit composed of military personnel[1] from the air force and army of Nazi Germany, which served with the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War of July 1936 to March 1939. The picture was taken by Hugo Jaeger.

Source ;
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/hitler-jaeger-file/8QHKQnn68ciWaQ?hl=en

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Göring Keitel Dönitz

Three top notch of the Wehrmacht chats together while waiting for the arrival of Adolf Hitler at the demonstration of the first twenty Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz.138/2) "Hetzer" (Baiter or Troublemaker) in Arys (Orzysz) in East Prussia, as a part of a somber 55th birthday celebration for the Führer, 20 April 1944. From left to right: Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), and Großadmiral Karl Dönitz (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine). The picture was taken by Walter Frentz.


Source :
https://waralbum.ru/337613/
https://ww2colorfarbe.blogspot.com/2016/05/hitler-watching-parade-of-hetzer.html

Friday, January 1, 2021

Heroes Remembrance Day 1940

 

Heldengedenktag (Heroes Remembrance Day) 1940 on Unter den Linden boulevard in Berlin. Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler, accompanied by Reich Marshal Hermann Göring, Grand Admiral Erich Raeder and Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, greets the honor battalion of the Wehrmacht marching past. March 10, 1940. In 1919, the German War Graves Commission (Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge) proposed a Volkstrauertag (people's day of mourning) for German soldiers killed in the First World War. It was first held in 1922 in the Reichstag. In 1926, Volkstrauertag became a feature on what Catholics considered Reminiscere (the second Sunday of Lent.). On 27 February 1934, the National Socialists introduced national holiday legislation to create Heldengedenktag ("Day of Commemoration of Heroes"), cementing the observance. In the process, they completely changed the character of the holiday: the emphasis shifted to hero worship rather than remembering the dead. Furthermore, five years later the Nazis abolished Buß- und Bettag as a non-working day and moved its commemoration to the following Sunday, to further the war effort. Joseph Goebbels as Propaganda Minister, issued guidelines on content and implementation, instructing that flags no longer be flown at half-mast. The last Heldengedenktag was celebrated in 1945. Photo by Popperfoto.





 

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkstrauertag
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=412210326714464&set=gm.1641608349357915

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Kleßheim Palace during the Third Reich Era


Schloss Kleßheim in 1940


Kleßheim Castle is located four kilometers west of the city center of the provincial capital Salzburg in the area of ​​the neighboring municipality of Wals-Siezenheim (locality Kleßheim). It is surrounded by a large castle park and the Mühlbach. There is also a golf course in the historic park of the pleasure palace. The well-known Salzburg Tourism Schools are located below the edge of the terrace behind the castle.

From 1938, Adolf Hitler used the palace for state receptions and work meetings when he was staying on his private estate, the Berghof on Obersalzberg. For this purpose, the fenced-in area was provided with entrance portals in the style of the 1930s. Hitler received Benito Mussolini, Miklós Horthy, Ion Antonescu and others here. An assassination attempt by General Hellmuth Stieff planned there did not materialize. Kleßheim Palace was the scene of gun shows and parades. At the end of the war, the presidential administration stranded here on the way to the Alpine fortress. In 1945 Kleßheim Palace was the scene of the Allies' victory celebrations, then the seat of the American military administration.

These pictures below were taken by Walter Frentz in 1943. Enjoy!




Klessheim Palace near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi Reich government. Hermann Göring and Dr.med. Karl Brandt in the park, 1943.


Klessheim Palace near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi Reich government. Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring and entourage entering the reception room, 1943.


Klessheim Palace near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi Reich government. Interior view, reception room, 1943.


Kleßheim Palace near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi Reich government. Interior view, dining room, 1943.


Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, visit from Benito Mussolini. Front row, left to right: Kurt Zeitzler, Benito Mussolini, Hermann Göring, and Adolf Hitler, 2nd row: Alfieri, Bastianini, Karl Otto Schmidt, and Hans-Georg von Mackensen, April 7-10, 1943.


Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi government. Hermann Göring with Hans Jeschonnek, 1943.


Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, Giuseppe Bastianini (center) with Wilhelm Keitel (left) and Dino Alfieri in the reception room, 1943.


Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi government. Albert Bormann (left) With a captain of the Luftwaffe on the terrace, 1943.


Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi government. Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (left) with the Croatian dictator Ante Pavelic on the terrace, April 27, 1943.



Klessheim Castle near Salzburg, guest house of the Nazi government. View from the terrace into the park, 1943.



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Cortesy of Tobi Moll at https://www.facebook.com/groups/237076659811098/permalink/1539388529579898/?__cft__[0]=AZXbdnTfB3dCshHo6SsZg2kqpy94axKOl1-5EeW_xGWDhkmJOZ0fzwx-l9sbI_Eg6nxzWSpU-R-XkPMxKrWowk9AXB5wPJvmX_APLXcAJbXmS-uvonvHREnLg5UvnpGwbf1Uewr1ROCDsqZrRKez8dUnxWlXH5Hohk9FbPL5rKhxPmZthIA23_ilg0P7Qt9SSs8&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
https://www.bildindex.de/document/obj20149809/?medium=fmlac43041
https://www.salzburgcb.com/en/destination-salzburg/regions/wals-siezenheim/

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Hermann Göring with American Press

Shortly after his capture, German Nazi politician and military commander Hermann Göring (1893 - 1946) (center left, in light colored uniform) answers questions from members of the Allied Press Corps, Augsburg, Germany, May 16, 1945. Seated next to him, with crossed arms is American Major Paul Kubala, who both interrogated Göring as well as translated for him

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Courtesy of Aboubakre Boukhris at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4285362954869257&set=gm.1536029863249098

Saturday, August 22, 2020

5. KdF-Reichstagung Hamburg, July 23, 1939

The opening of 5. KdF-Reichstagung in Hamburg, 23 July 1939. The event was held from 23 to 27 July 1939.

Sitting at the VIP tribune are, from left to right: Reichsorganisationsleiter Dr. Robert Ley (Leiter Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF), Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), and Gauleiter Karl Kaufmann (Gauleiter von Hamburg).


 The Heer general with Göring is Generalleutnant Erich Lüdke (Kommandierender General Wehrkreis X in Hamburg), while the Luftwaffe officer standing at left is Oberstleutnant Paul Conrath (Chefadjutant Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe).


Source :
Akira Takiguchi photo collection
https://www.abebooks.com/5.Reichstagung-NS.-Gemeinschaft-Kraft-Freude-Juli-1939/30409657314/bd
https://www.facebook.com/groups/237076659811098/1526663807519037/?comment_id=1526857224166362&reply_comment_id=1526882324163852&notif_id=1598102976258848&notif_t=group_comment_mention&ref=notif

Friday, August 14, 2020

Keitel Göring Dönitz Himmler Bormann

High ranking Nazi officials in conversation at Platterhof Hotel, Obersalzberg. They are waiting for Hitler to come. From left to right: Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), Großadmiral Karl Dönitz (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine), Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (Chef der SS und Deutschen Polizei), and Reichsleiter Martin Bormann (Leiter Parteikanzlei der NSDAP und Privatsekretär Führer und Reichskanzler). The picture was taken in May 1944 by Heinrich Hoffmann.


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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2838528286414648&set=gm.1517702435081841&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Monday, August 10, 2020

Göring at Wehrmacht Exhibition

This photo was taken on 18 November 1940, and it shows Nazi and Wehrmacht officials as guests at the Wehrmacht exhibition entitled "Der Sieg im Westen" (Victory in the West), which were held at Heldenplatz, Vienna, Ostmark (Austria). This exhibition features a series of propaganda relating to the resounding victories of German troops in the invasion of France and the Lower Countries a few months earlier. The identification of the persons pictured here are, front row from left to right: Hugo Jury (Gauleiter Reichsgau Niederdonau und Reichsstatthalter Niederösterreich), Baldur von Schirach (Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Wien), Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List (Oberbefehlshaber 12. Armee). Some additional identification: in the back row between Jury and Schirach is Character als Generalmajor Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (General z. B.V. beim Oberkommando der Wehrmacht); whose head blocked by Göring is SS-Gruppenführer Dr.jur. Ernst Kaltenbrunner (Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Donau); between Göring and List is General der Kavallerie Eberhard von Mackensen (Chef des Generalstabes 12. Armee); and at the far right behind List is Generalleutnant Hans Graf von Sponeck (Kommandeur 22. Luftlande-Infanterie-Division).

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1385037#p1385037
https://wehrmachtss.blogspot.com/2020/08/pameran-der-sieg-im-westen-di-wina.html

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Hitler Watching the Parade of Hetzer

Arys (Orzysz) in East Prussia, 20 April 1944: Adolf Hitler and his entourage watching the parade of the first twenty Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz.138/2) "Hetzer" (Baiter or Troublemaker) on an autobahn as a part of a somber 55th birthday celebration for the Führer. After the demonstration they were sent directly back to the factory since they were not yet completely serviceable. From left to right: Generaloberst Kurt Zeitzler (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres), Reichsleiter Martin Bormann (Stabsleiter im Amt des Stellvertreters des Führers), Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef des Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), Hauptdienstleiter Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Otto Saur (Staatssekretär im Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion), unidentified panzer officer, and Adolf Hitler (Führer und oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht). The man holding the film camera is Walter Frentz (21 August 1907 - 6 July 2004), one of Hitler's personal cameraman. from 1939 to 1945, he was closely associated with photographing and filming activities of higher echelons of leaders of Nazi Germany, including Hitler.


Source :
Book "Jagdpanzer 38 'Hetzer' 1944-45" by Hilary L. Doyle and Tom Jentz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Frentz
https://www.ullsteinbild.de/ullstein-webshop/workbench.html?queryWord=walter+frentz&newTitle=ullstein+bild+|+Search%3A+walter+frentz&qwAction=searchQueryWord&viewMode=tile

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Top Third Reich Officials at Heldengedenktag 1943

German top military officials standing at the podium in Unter den Linden, Berlin, for Heldengedenktag (Day of Commemoration of Heroes) parade, 21 March 1943. From left to right: Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef des Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Großadmiral Karl Dönitz (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine), Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (Reichsführer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei), and Adolf Hitler (Führer und oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht). The picture was taken by one of the photographer from Presse-Illustrationen Heinrich Hoffmann and first published in 22 March 1943


Source :
http://der-fuehrer.org/Galleries/Farbe_Fotos/index3.html
http://www.gettyimages.com/pictures/german-empire-berlin-heldengedenktag-1943-soldiers-of-the-news-photo-545722943#german-empire-berlin-heldengedenktag-1943-soldiers-of-the-wehrmacht-picture-id545722943
https://www.ullsteinbild.de/ullstein-webshop/workbench.html?queryWord=g%C3%B6ring+keitel+d%C3%B6nitz+himmler+hitler&newTitle=ullstein+bild+|+Search%3A+g%C3%B6ring+keitel+d%C3%B6nitz+himmler+hitler&qwAction=searchQueryWord&viewMode=tile

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Studio Portrait of Hermann Göring

Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe) was one of the more interesting and flamboyant characters of the Third Reich, traits reflected in his personal direction of the design of both his rank insignia and unique uniforms.  His appointment in 1940 as Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich made Göring the highest ranking military officer of World War Two, with the rank equivalent of a six-star General. Göring chose a soft, pearl gray as the color for his uniform, departing from the blue-gray uniform scheme of the Luftwaffe.  He had endless variations of his uniforms, with numerous different styles and minor alterations and was known to change them multiple times within the same day. Göring also had a preference for wearing white uniforms, a habit ridiculed by the German people while watching newsreels in the theater as they wondered how he kept his uniforms so white when many of them could not even obtain soap to launder their own clothes! To the left is what many consider the ‘typical’ Reichsmarschall uniform of the Imperial style Flyers Blouse in a soft pearl gray with a closed collar.  At Göring’s neck hang the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (he was the only recipient), the Knights Cross and the Pour le Mérite (commonly known as the Blue Max), an award Göring earned while flying with the Richthofen squadron during World War I.


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http://www.themarshalsbaton.com/goring.htm

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Hermann Göring and Hans Jeschonnek

Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe) and Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek (Chef des Generalstabes der Luftwaffe) at Führerhauptquartier (FHQ) Schloss Kleßheim, 7-10 April 1943, in the event of the formal visit of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to Germany. Göring is wearing the Grand Officer Star of the Italian Crown Order in his uniform. It's very strange, because it's not the higher grade of this order, and Göring was awarded with the other two italian most important orders (Saints Mauritius and Lazarus, and Annunziata). The picture was taken by Hitler personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. During the war years, the most impressive personality among the Chiefs of the General Staff was Generaloberst Jeschonnek — an unusually intelligent and energetic person. Even Jeschonnek, however, was not strong enough to oppose Göring successfully (occasionally he did succeed in opposing Hitler) in matters of decisive importance. A very definite lack of harmony brought effective coordination to a standstill. As part of Operation Crossbow, Allied bombing raids struck Peenemünde on the night of August 17–18, 1943; Jeschonnek ordered Berlin's air defenses to fire upon 200 German fighters, in the belief it was enemy aircraft, who had mistakenly gathered near the Reich '​s capital. When he realized his mistake, Jeschonnek shot himself on August 18, 1943 at Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters in Rastenburg, East Prussia. After his death, Eckhard Christian was promoted to Generalmajor and Chief of the General Staff at Hitler's request on 1 September 1944.


Source :
https://bildarchiv.bsb-muenchen.de/metaopac/singleHit.do?methodToCall=showHit&curPos=26&identifier=368_SOLR_SERVER_1186983273
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=153613&start=255

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Hermann Göring Wearing his Famous Ruby Ring

Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring with his Luftwaffe and Italian officers. He is wearing a large Ruby Ring produced by top Third Reich jeweler Professor Herbert Zeitner bearing the symbols of Reichsmarschall. It was constructed from 18 carat gold around a large radiant cut ruby measuring approximately 3/4 of an inch wide and 7/8 of an inch long. Each side of the ring shows a raised engraved design, with one side bearing a conjoined "HG" monogram with traditional German-style oak leaf embellishment and the reverse bearing the German Hunter's Association logo, a ribbon marked "DJ" (Deutsche Jäger Verein) beneath the head of a multi-point stag, a radiant swastika positioned between the antlers, an old symbol of Saint Hubertus, patron saint of hunting, one of many symbols repurposed and defaced by the Nazis. The inside bottom of the band is marked with a small "Z" in a circle, a marking attributed to the goldsmith Professor Zeitner. While positive confirmation of a piece of Göring jewelry can be difficult, a number of pictures of Göring wearing a ring that could be this one survived the Nazi era, and many foreign diplomats who interacted with him felt the need to comment on the large red gemstone he was wearing on his finger, above and beyond all the other decorations he would bear into a high profile meeting.


Source :
http://www.rockislandauction.com/viewitem/aid/59/lid/1394

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Hermann Göring at Nuremberg Trial

 Former German Reichsmarschall and Commander of the Luftwaffe Hermann Göring - a.k.a. "The Bad Nazi" - during cross examination at his trial for war crimes in Room 600 at the Palace of Justice during the International Military Tribunal (IMT), Nuremberg, Germany, 15 March 1946. Starting from 13 March 1946 (day 80 of the IMT), the defendant Hermann Göring is given vast latitude by the Tribunal to tell his life story. He will be at it for the next few days. No other defendant will be given so much uninterrupted time. From the letters of Thomas Dodd: "...I was in court all day and Göring continued on and he gets bolder and more doctrinaire with each hour. He is a supreme egoist and a consummate liar but a charming rascal. He is also a forceful talker and he knows how to tell a story. The other defendants are taking courage from him now but if (Robert) Jackson - chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials - does the proper job on cross(-examination) they will soon get over this new found confidence...". Photo by Raymond d'Addario of 3264th Signal Photo Service Company, US Army


Source:
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/german-reichsmarschall-commander-of-the-luftwaffe-hermann-news-photo/84065338
http://gooring.tripod.com/g4.html

Hermann Göring and Luftwaffe Generals at Gross-Born

From left to right: unidentified Luftwaffe general, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), General der Flieger Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf (Chef des Luftwaffen-Personalamt), and General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General der Fallschirmjäger). The picture was taken in May 1942 when Göring visited the Truppenübungsplatz (Training Area) Gross-Born in Pomerania and inspected 2,000 Luftwaffe officers and NCOs for the event of "Kriegsalltag im Deutschen Reich"


Source:
https://bildarchiv.bsb-muenchen.de/metaopac/singleHit.do?methodToCall=showHit&curPos=4&identifier=368_SOLR_SERVER_748733816
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14230&start=6015
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005675743/

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Hermann Göring with His Luftwaffe Generals at Carinhall

From left to right: Generaloberst Alfred Keller (Chef Luftflotte 1 und Luftwaffenbefehlshaber Mitte), Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek (Chef des Generalstabes der Luftwaffe), Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), Generaloberst Alexander Löhr (Chef Luftflotte 4), and Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring (blocked by Löhr, Chef Luftflotte 2). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Eitel Lange in the terrace of Göring's country residence of Carinhall (north-east of Berlin), 6 July 1941. In the background we can see a beautiful lake named Großdöllner See and Schorfheide forest.


Source:
https://bildarchiv.bsb-muenchen.de/metaopac/singleHit.do?methodToCall=showHit&curPos=1&identifier=368_SOLR_SERVER_485141311
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carinhall
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/90707540/
http://onesixthnet.yuku.com/topic/19156/3R-Hermann-Gring-In-The-Works#.VOvih8lGSvE
http://www.ushmm.org/online/film/display/detail.php?file_num=3356