Hermann Göring (1893-1946) — Luftwaffe chief, Four Year Plan, suicide before execution
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One man held the air force, the parliament's presidency, and the rearmament economy — and took cyanide the night before he was to be hanged in 1946.
Who they are
Hermann Göring: Luftwaffe commander, Reichstag president, head of the Four Year Plan — the political owner of the war economy.
What they do
Sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials, where the Allies tried Nazi leaders after the war; killed himself on 15 October 1946, the night before his scheduled execution.
How it works
The hidden financing of the rearmament he politically owned is documented on the MEFO bills page here.
Why it matters
He is where party, air power and the war economy met in one person — the operator seat of the rearmament machine.
The engine's record — word for word
[Report #201 — person layer] Luftwaffe commander, Reichstag president, plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan — the rearmament economy's political owner (its hidden finance canon holds at mefo_bills_schacht). Sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials; killed himself with cyanide on 15 October 1946, the night before his scheduled execution. ENGINE READING: the seat where party, air power and the war economy met in one person. Held; name no holder.
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