Hermann Goering

Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering was the leader of the Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler.

Biography
Goering was born the son of a diplomat.

Goering fought in the First World War as a commander of the von Richthofen squadron. He thought of himself as a war hero.

On 9 November 1923, Goering participated in the unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch and was injured. Doctors treated these injuries with morphine, which led to Goering becoming addicted.

He lived at his country estate, Karinhall, where he took up hunting as a hobby.

In 1939, the Seventh Doctor met Goering at a party rally in Nuremberg. He later informed Goering that the Black Coven was planning to overthrow Hitler and replace him with Goering's rival, Heinrich Himmler. Goering led an armoured column against the coven at their base in Drachensberg, wiping them out. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)

In 1940, Goering was involved in a power struggle in Berlin along with Himmler, Rudolf Hess and other high-ranking Nazi officers for a position under the Führer. They were all motivated by the discovery of Cybermen in the Le Mur Engineering compound in occupied Jersey, of which they sought to be placed in charge. (PROSE: Illegal Alien)

In 1944, after the Allied invasion of Italy and the Battle of Monte Cassino, the Germans began plundering northern Italian villages. Priceless paintings and treasures were sent back to Berlin where they entered Goering's personal collection. Sarah Jane Smith later read that many of these items were never found. However, she and the Fourth Doctor were sent by the Time Lords to aid Italian partisans working against the German Special Service Division who were operating under Goering's command. (COMIC: Treasure Trail)

In April 1945, as the Soviet Union's Red Army prepared to invade Berlin, an increasingly-paranoid Hitler declared Goering a traitor, largely under pressure from Reichsleiter Martin Bormann. (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass)

Behind the scenes

 * He was played by Brian Cox in the 2000 miniseries Nuremberg and Robert Pugh in the 2006 series Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial.