Hermann Goering Quotes


I would have let you shoot me without further ado! But it is not possible to hang the German Reichsmarschall! I cannot permit this. ... I have no moral obligation to submit to the justice of my enemies. I have therefore chosen the manner of death of the great Hannibal.


Citations

Maser, Werner. Nuremberg: A Nation on Trial. Scribner, 1979, p. 257.

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Hermann Goering
Hermann Goering
  • Born: January 12, 1893
  • Died: October 15, 1946
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Criminal

Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a German political and military leader and a convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.