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'''Hermann Wilhelm Göring''' (January 12th, 1893 - October 15th, 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and a leading member of the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP). A veteran of [[World War I]] as an ace fighter pilot, he was a recipient of the coveted Pour le Mérite, also known as the "Blue Max". He was the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1, the fighter wing once led by Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron".

==Biography==

A member of the NSDAP from its early days, Göring was wounded in 1923 during the failed coup known as the [[Beer Hall Putsch]]. He became permanently addicted to morphine after being treated with the drug for his injuries. He founded the [[Gestapo]] (which later became the official [[secret police]] force of the Nazi regime) in 1933. Göring was appointed commander-in-chief of the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force) in 1935, a position he held until the final days of [[World War II]]. He also served as the president of the Reichstag, the presiding officer of the German legislature.

A member of the NSDAP from its early days, Göring was wounded in 1923 during the failed coup known as the [[Beer Hall Putsch]]. He became permanently addicted to morphine after being treated with the drug for his injuries. He founded the [[Gestapo]] (which later became the official [[secret police]] force of the Nazi regime) in 1933. Göring was appointed commander-in-chief of the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force) in 1935, a position he held until the final days of [[World War II]]. He also served as the president of the Reichstag, the presiding officer of the German legislature, though this was more or less of a figurehead title as Hitler had stripped the Reichstag of most of its power with the Enabling Act of 1933.

[[Joseph Goebbels]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]] were far more [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] than Göring, who mainly adopted that attitude because party politics required him to do so. His deputy, Erhard Milch, had a Jewish parent. But Göring supported the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, and later initiated economic measures unfavourable to Jews.

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 '''Hermann Wilhelm Göring''' (January 12<sup>th</sup>, 1893 - October 15<sup>th</sup>, 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and a leading member of the [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP). A veteran of [[World War I]]<span style="font-size:24px;"> </span>as an ace fighter pilot, he was a recipient of the coveted Pour le Mérite, also known as the "Blue Max". He was the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1, the fighter wing once led by Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron".
 ==Biography==
-A member of the NSDAP from its early days, Göring was wounded in 1923 during the failed coup known as the [[Beer Hall Putsch]]. He became permanently addicted to morphine after being treated with the drug for his injuries. He founded the [[Gestapo]] (which later became the official [[secret police]] force of the Nazi regime) in 1933. Göring was appointed commander-in-chief of the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force) in 1935, a position he held until the final days of [[World War II]]. He also served as the president of the Reichstag, the presiding officer of the German legislature.
+A member of the NSDAP from its early days, Göring was wounded in 1923 during the failed coup known as the [[Beer Hall Putsch]]. He became permanently addicted to morphine after being treated with the drug for his injuries. He founded the [[Gestapo]] (which later became the official [[secret police]] force of the Nazi regime) in 1933. Göring was appointed commander-in-chief of the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force) in 1935, a position he held until the final days of [[World War II]]. He also served as the president of the Reichstag, the presiding officer of the German legislature, though this was more or less of a figurehead title as Hitler had stripped the Reichstag of most of its power with the Enabling Act of 1933.
 [[Joseph Goebbels]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]] were far more [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] than Göring, who mainly adopted that attitude because party politics required him to do so. His deputy, Erhard Milch, had a Jewish parent. But Göring supported the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, and later initiated economic measures unfavourable to Jews.