Albert Göring - Jews-Saving Brother of BESTIAL Nazi Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring - World War 2
Albert Göring - Jews-Saving Brother of BESTIAL Nazi Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring - World War 2
Albert Göring - Jews-Saving Brother of BESTIAL Nazi Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring during WW2. Albert Günther Göring was born on the 9th of March 1895 in Friedenau, then part of German Empire. He was the fifth child of Franziska and Heinrich Ernst Göring. His mother came from a respected Bavarian farming family and his father came from northwest Germany and a long line of Prussian statesmen and bureaucrats. Before Albert’s birth, Heinrich himself served as the Imperial Commissioner of German South-West Africa and the German Consul General to Haiti.
The Göring family lived with their children’s aristocratic godfather of Jewish heritage, Hermann Epenstein Ritter von Mauternburg, in his Veldenstein and Mauterndorf castles. Epenstein was a prominent physician and acted as a surrogate father to the children as Heinrich Göring was often absent from the family home. Epenstein began an affair with Franziska Göring about a year before Albert’s birth. A strong physical resemblance between Epenstein and Albert Göring led many to believe that they were father and son, which would mean that Albert Göring was Jewish. However, Franziska Göring had accompanied her husband to his post in Haiti, and lived there with him between March 1893 and mid-1894, which makes this seem extremely unlikely.
Albert could hardly have been more different from his elder brother. He was brown-eyed, tall, slim, modest, studious, well-behaved, played the piano and was popular with women. On the other hand, Hermann was blue-eyed, fat, bombastic, militaristic, addicted to morphine, liked crowds and company and most of all he was a fanatical anti-Semite.
The First World War began on the 28th of July 1914. On the 2nd of August the same year, Albert Göring signed up to the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division as a communications engineer. Albert fought in the trenches on the Western Front and among other things, had to repair communications cables that had been destroyed under fire. These missions were so dangerous that he spent much of the war wounded in military hospitals. Albert was injured during the First Battle of Ypres on the 14th of November 1914 and after in July 1918 he ended with a bullet wound to the abdomen, he received his discharge papers and returned to Munich. In contrast Hermann distinguished himself as a fighter ace and by the end of the war he was a national celebrity.
In 1921, whilst still a student at Munich Technical University, Albert married 21-year-old Maria von Ummon but divorced her two years later. On the 10th of September 1923 he married Erna von Miltner, a 37-year-old titled woman and nine years his senior. While Hermann rose up the ranks of Nazi high-command, Albert and Erna moved in 1927 to Vienna to work as a sales-representative.
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came into power in January 1933. Soon after their assumption of power, Nazi leaders began to make good on their pledge to persecute German Jews. During the first six years of Hitler’s dictatorship, from 1933 until the outbreak of war in 1939, Jews felt the effects of more than 400 decrees and regulations that restricted all aspects of their public and private lives. Many of those laws were national ones that had been issued by the German administration and affected all Jews. But state, regional, and municipal officials, on their own initiative, also promulgated a barrage of exclusionary decrees in their own
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0.48 -> The 30th of January 1933. Adolf Hitler is
appointed chancellor of Germany bringing an
8.28 -> end to German democracy. Guided by racist and
authoritarian ideas, the Nazis abolish basic
14.58 -> freedoms and seek to create a community which
would unite all social classes and regions of
19.08 -> Germany behind one Führer. The Third Reich quickly
becomes a police state, where individuals are
25.2 -> subject to arbitrary arrest and imprisonment.
The Nazis effectively use propaganda to win the
30.96 -> support of millions of Germans to facilitate
persecution, war, and ultimately genocide.
37.2 -> However, while most of the population
remains silent or reluctantly follows
41.7 -> the regime to avoid persecution or out of fear
for their safety and that of their families,
46.2 -> there are many individuals who despise the
Nazis and risk their lives to resist or help
51.3 -> those targeted by the regime. One of them is
the brother of Hermann Göring - one of the most
56.7 -> prominent Nazi leaders and Adolf Hitler's
right-hand man. His name is Albert Göring.
62.22 -> Albert Günther Göring was born on the 9th of
March 1895 in Friedenau, then part of German
69.48 -> Empire. He was the fifth child of Franziska
and Heinrich Ernst Göring. His mother came
75.72 -> from a respected Bavarian farming family and
his father came from northwest Germany and a
80.46 -> long line of Prussian statesmen and bureaucrats.
Before Albert’s birth, Heinrich himself served as
86.22 -> the Imperial Commissioner of German South-West
Africa and the German Consul General to Haiti.
91.26 -> The Göring family lived with their children's
aristocratic godfather of Jewish heritage,
95.58 -> Hermann Epenstein Ritter von Mauternburg,
in his Veldenstein and Mauterndorf castles.
101.28 -> Epenstein was a prominent physician and acted as
a surrogate father to the children as Heinrich
106.68 -> Göring was often absent from the family home.
Epenstein began an affair with Franziska Göring
112.44 -> about a year before Albert's birth. A strong
physical resemblance between Epenstein and Albert
117.3 -> Göring led many to believe that they were father
and son, which would mean that Albert Göring was
121.74 -> Jewish. However, Franziska Göring had accompanied
her husband to his post in Haiti, and lived there
127.56 -> with him between March 1893 and mid-1894,
which makes this seem extremely unlikely.
133.32 -> Albert could hardly have been more different
from his elder brother. He was brown-eyed,
138.36 -> tall, slim, modest, studious, well-behaved,
played the piano and was popular with women.
145.2 -> On the other hand, Hermann was blue-eyed, fat,
bombastic, militaristic, addicted to morphine,
152.34 -> liked crowds and company and most of
all he was a fanatical anti-Semite.
156.84 -> The First World War began on the 28th of July
1914. On the 2nd of August the same year,
163.44 -> Albert Göring signed up to the 6th Bavarian
Reserve Division as a communications engineer.
168.24 -> Albert fought in the trenches on the
Western Front and among other things,
172.02 -> had to repair communications cables that had
been destroyed under fire. These missions were
177.06 -> so dangerous that he spent much of the war wounded
in military hospitals. Albert was injured during
182.64 -> the First Battle of Ypres on the 14th of November
1914 and after in July 1918 he ended with a bullet
189.78 -> wound to the abdomen, he received his discharge
papers and returned to Munich. In contrast Hermann
195.96 -> distinguished himself as a fighter ace and by
the end of the war he was a national celebrity.
200.22 -> In 1921, whilst still a student at Munich
Technical University, Albert married 21-year-old
206.1 -> Maria von Ummon but divorced her two years later.
On the 10th of September 1923 he married Erna
212.4 -> von Miltner, a 37-year-old titled woman and nine
years his senior. While Hermann rose up the ranks
218.4 -> of Nazi high-command, Albert and Erna moved in
1927 to Vienna to work as a sales-representative.
224.76 -> Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party
came into power in January 1933.
229.86 -> Soon after their assumption of power, Nazi leaders
began to make good on their pledge to persecute
234.72 -> German Jews. During the first six years of
Hitler's dictatorship, from 1933 until the
240.36 -> outbreak of war in 1939, Jews felt the effects
of more than 400 decrees and regulations that
246.24 -> restricted all aspects of their public and private
lives. Many of those laws were national ones that
251.58 -> had been issued by the German administration
and affected all Jews. But state, regional,
257.22 -> and municipal officials, on their own initiative,
also promulgated a barrage of exclusionary decrees
262.8 -> in their own communities. Thus, hundreds of
individuals in all levels of government throughout
267.78 -> the country were involved in the persecution
of Jews as they conceived, discussed, drafted,
273.18 -> adopted, enforced, and supported anti-Jewish
legislation. No corner of Germany was left
279.06 -> untouched. Nazi propaganda played an integral role
in advancing the persecution and ultimately the
284.7 -> destruction of Europe’s Jews. It created an
atmosphere tolerant of violence against Jews
290.04 -> and also encouraged passivity and acceptance
of the impending measures against them,
294.18 -> as these appeared to depict the Nazi government as
stepping in and “restoring order.” By early 1939,
300.9 -> only about 16 percent of the Jewish
breadwinners had steady employment of
305.04 -> any kind. While in January 1933, some 522,000
Jews by religious definition lived in Germany,
312.3 -> approximately 304,000 of them emigrated during
the first six years of the Nazi dictatorship.
318 -> Albert became more and more concerned for both
his country, and the Jews in Europe. He hated
323.88 -> the Nazis and had said early on that Hitler
would bring nothing but war and destruction.
328.26 -> He did not join the Nazi Party and saw the
persecution of Jews and the disabled for
333.72 -> exactly the kind of evil it was. On the 23rd
of March 1935, two years after Hermann and
340.02 -> the Nazi Party seized power in Germany,
Albert applied for Austrian citizenship.
344.28 -> In the years that followed, he would openly
oppose the Nazi rule and confront injustice,
349.56 -> using his privileged position as brother
to Deputy Führer as in September 1939,
354.36 -> Hitler designated Hermann Göring as his
successor and deputy in all his offices.
359.04 -> The first time Albert Göring helped a victim
of the Nazi regime was due to a request from
364.02 -> his brother, Hermann Göring. Towards the end of
1937, Emmy Göring - Hermann’s wife and former
370.2 -> actress - begged him to save her friend -
the film star, Henny Porten, and Hermann,
374.76 -> unable to publicly compromise his Nazi principles,
called Albert in Vienna to see if he could help.
380.52 -> Porten’s career and livelihood had come
under threat in Germany when she refused
384.48 -> to divorce her Jewish husband. At the time,
Albert was working in Vienna as the technical
389.34 -> director of Austria’s largest film company -
Tobis-Sascha Filmindustrie AG. Albert helped
395.04 -> Henny by arranging a contract for her
at Tobis-Sascha. Albert soon realized
399.36 -> that he possessed the greatest weapon
he could use against the Nazi regime:
402.72 -> his name; and that his Nazi brother could
be the ticket to saving innocent people.
407.28 -> In the spring of 1938 Adolf Hitler annexed the
Federal State of Austria into the German Reich.
413.76 -> The Anschluss, as it became known,
415.92 -> took place over three days between
the 11th and 13th of March 1938.
420.84 -> During and after the chaos of the Anschluss,
Albert intervened on behalf of Oskar Pilzer - his
426.72 -> Jewish boss at Tobis-Sascha. Göring then
helped Pilzer and his family escape from
431.58 -> Germany. He is reported to have done the
same for many other German dissidents.
436.38 -> Ernst Neubach, a Jewish film director, who in
1938 fled to France and owed a great deal to
441.42 -> Albert Göring, described an episode in Vienna,
shortly after the Nazis took over Austria. When
446.76 -> Nazis raided a paint shop, they could not find the
owner and collared his 75-year-old mother instead.
452.28 -> They hung a sign around her neck that read: "I am
a dirty Jew," and forced her to sit in the shop's
458.94 -> window. When Göring happened upon the scene, he
pushed his way through the jeering onlookers,
463.74 -> removed the sign from the humiliated woman and led
her away from the crowd. When a few lower-ranking
469.32 -> members of the SS blocked his way, he showed
them his identification and they let him go.
474.3 -> On a different occasion, Hermann Göring saw a
line of Jewish women being publicly humiliated
479.22 -> by SS officers, who were forcing them to scrub
the street on their hands and knees. Albert took
484.86 -> off his jacket, took a scrubbing brush from one
of the women, and knelt down to take her place.
489.78 -> The SS hauled him to his feet and asked him
for his papers. When he showed him the papers,
494.34 -> that was the end of that scene. The SS officers,
497.82 -> not wanting to have to explain to Hermann
why his brother was humiliated or get into a
502.44 -> lengthy public debate on the street about
it, quietly dismissed the Jewish women.
505.86 -> On the 15th of March 1939, in
violation of the Munich Agreement,
510.84 -> Nazi Germany invaded and occupied the
Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia.
516.54 -> Adolf Hitler himself arrived in Prague and on the
16th of March 1939, by a proclamation from Prague
522.48 -> Castle, established the Protectorate
of Bohemia and Moravia. More than 118
528.18 -> 000 Jews living in the protectorate
found themselves under Nazi domination.
531.72 -> Albert Göring went to the Protectorate of Bohemia
and Moravia, where he was made export director at
537.36 -> the Škoda Works. Škoda, one of the largest
arms manufacturers in Europe at the time,
542.34 -> was incorporated into the Reichswerke Hermann
Göring, a Nazi industrial conglomerate which
547.44 -> by the end of 1941 became the largest company
in Europe and probably in the whole world, with
552.6 -> a capital of 2.4 billion reichs marks and about
half a million workers. At times Hermann Göring
558.84 -> withdrew cash from this conglomerate for his
personal expenses. But it was not his brother's
563.52 -> influence that got Albert his high-ranking
position. He had developed a reputation,
567.48 -> which led the plant's management to offer him
the job. One manager said: 'Albert Göring always
573.3 -> spoke out against Nazism. He never used, as
far as I know, the Nazi greeting. Nor did he
579.06 -> have Hitler's picture in his study - even though
that was mandatory.' At the Škoda Works Albert
584.16 -> Göring encouraged minor acts of sabotage,
had contact with the Czech resistance and
588.42 -> in many cases he forged his brother's signature
to sign travel documents for dissidents to flee.
593.22 -> Later, in Prague, Albert used the letterhead
with the name Göring printed on it to write
599.1 -> a letter to the camp commandant in Dachau, in
which he demanded the release of Josef Charvát,
603.48 -> a doctor and resistance fighter. The commandant
had two men named Charvát in the camp and,
608.82 -> to be on the safe side, he released them both.
Hearing reports of the atrocities taking place
613.62 -> at concentration camps, Albert confronted his
brother, who brushed the claims aside. So, Albert
619.68 -> made his most audacious move of all - driving a
convoy of trucks to the Theresienstadt Ghetto.
624.96 -> According to Jacques Benbassat, the stepson of
Albert’s best friend, the plan was successfully
629.88 -> executed: “He came to the commandant of the camp
and said, ‘I am Albert Göring , Škoda Works. I
636.06 -> need workers.’ The head of the Theresienstadt
Ghetto agreed because it was Albert Göring.
641.22 -> He filled up the trucks with these workers,
took them into the woods and let them out.
645.54 -> In 1939, Albert divorced Erna von
Miltner, his sickly wife of 16 years,
651.48 -> even though at that time she was on her
deathbed dying of lung cancer. He then
656.1 -> began a relationship with the former Czech
beauty queen, Mila Klazarova.They married in
661.02 -> Salzburg on the 23rd of June 1942 and
had baby daughter, Elizabeth Göring.
666.6 -> By the summer of 1944, Albert had become a
marked man and his actions were monitored
671.82 -> and recorded by the local Gestapo in Prague.
In August 1944, a wire was sent to Heinrich
678.06 -> Himmler by the General of Police in Prague,
SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Hermann Frank,
682.62 -> requesting permission to seize Albert
for interrogation. Frank’s message read:
686.88 -> 'Mr. Albert Göring, who in my opinion is
a defeatist of the worst sort, arrived in
692.22 -> Prague from Budapest yesterday, bringing news of
atrocities. Because he entertains relationships
697.92 -> with unreliable Czech industrialists, I
consider his unrestricted mobility to be
702 -> dangerous and therefore request permission to
transfer him to the Reich Security Head Office
705.96 -> in Berlin for interrogation and clarification
of serious suspicions'. Hermann Göring had to
711.72 -> ask Himmler personally to smooth over the
entire matter and in October 1944 Albert
716.7 -> was cleared of all charges and then went to
Austria to reunite with his wife and daughter.
721.86 -> When the two brothers met the last time in
an American detention center in May 1945,
726.9 -> Hermann told Albert: “You will soon be
free. Take care of my wife and my child.”
733.02 -> Hermann Göring was then tried
at the Nuremberg trials and
736.5 -> the Military tribunal sentenced
him to death by hanging. However,
740.04 -> he committed suicide by ingesting cyanide hours
before the sentence was to be carried out.
745.8 -> Albert Göring was arrested by the Czechs,
but he was again released when the full
749.34 -> extent of his activities became known, and
his release was ordered on 14th March 1947.
755.34 -> The next month, he was reunited with his family
in Austria. Having known about his infidelities,
760.74 -> his Czech wife Mila divorced him and migrated
to Lima in Peru, with their daughter Elizabeth.
766.56 -> Despite being a highly qualified engineer,
he was unable to find work in postwar Germany
771.72 -> as he could not shake the scar that his
brother had brought to the Göring name.
775.08 -> He spent the remainder of his years in Munich with
his former housekeeper, Brunhilde Seiwaldstätter,
780.54 -> living on a pension from the government.
He knew that if he remarried, on his death
785.16 -> the pension payments would be transferred
to his new wife. As a sign of gratitude,
789.72 -> he married his housekeeper in 1966
so she would receive his pension.
794.46 -> One week later, on the 20th
of December 1966, 71-year-old
799.26 -> Albert Göring died of pancreatic cancer.
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