Saturday, 11 June 2022

Hermann Göring | Timeline

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German WW1 fighter pilot, politician, military leader and convicted war criminal. He was squadron leader during WW1, holder of the "pour le merit" decoration and later, one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.

January 12, 1893 - Rosenheim, Bavaria - Hermann Wilhelm Göring is born
June(?) 1(?), 1893 - Fürth, NW of Nuremberg - After he is weaned, his mother returns to Haiti (where his father was serving as consul general) and leaves him in the care of her friends (possibly relatives) in the Graf family in the Fürth
June(?) 1(?), 1894 - While in Fürth - His mother sails alone back to Germany and begins a love affair with her physician, Dr. Hermann Epenstein
March 9, 1895 - While in Fürth - His brother Albert Günter is born in Friedenau-Berlin (probably fathered by Dr. Epenstein)
May(?) 1(?), 1896 - While in Fürth - Heinrich Göring returns from Haiti, sick and prematurely aged
October(?) 1(?), 1896 - Friedenau-Berlin - Hermann is taken by his parents to live together with their other four children at Friedenau
January(?) 1(?), 1897 - While in Friedenau-Berlin - Dr.Epenstein buys a burg in the bavarian mountain village of Neuhaus an der Pegnitz, 30km NE of Nuremberg, known as "Burg Veldenstein"
January(?) 1(?), 1898 - Burg Veldenstein, 30km NE of Nuremberg - The Görings move to Burg Vendenstein. It was obvious to anyone that his mother was Dr.Epenstein's mistress
January(?) 1(?), 1900 - Fürth, NW of Nuremberg - Enrolled at the "Volksschule" in Fürth at 7
January(?) 1(?), 1902 - Fürth - Attends the humanistic high school in Fürth
January(?) 1(?), 1904 - Ansbach - 11-year-old Göring is transfered to an austere boarding school at Ansbach, for bad behavior
12-year-old Göring in uniform
at the Cadet institute, 1904
June(?) 1(?), 1904 - Karlsruhe - Göring's father applies to have his 12-year-old son admitted to the "Kadetten-Anstalt" (Cadet Institute), a preparatory military institution
April 1, 1909 - Gross Lichterfelde, SW of Berlin - Sent to the Senior Cadet Academy in Gross Lichterfelde, at 16
May 13, 1911 - Gross Lichterfelde - Letter from his company commander, Richard Baron von Keiser, to Göring's father: "I beg to inform Your Excellency that your son Hermann recently passed the Fahnrich [army ensign 1 examination with the grade of "summa cum laude"
March 1(?), 1912 - Mülhausen (Mulhouse, France) - Joins the 4th Badisches Infanterie-Regiment "Prinz Wilhelm" No.112 at Mülhausen as an ensign =(START)
June 22, 1912 - Mülhausen - Awarded his commission
January(?) 1(?), 1913 - While in Mülhausen - The family settles into a modest appartment in Munich, after Dr.Epenstein had gone off with Lilli von Schandrowitz (who he later married)
December 7, 1913 - While in Mülhausen - His father, Heinrich Ernst Göring, dies, aged 74
January 10, 1914 - Mülhausen - After completing the officer's exam, he becomes a platoon commander in his regiment
January 20, 1914 - Mülhausen - Promoted to Leutnant
July 15, 1914 - Habsheim airfield, near Mülhausen - Göring's best friend, Bruno Loerzer, moves to the officers' quarters at Habsheim airfield. Göring reports to the Fliegertruppe (Flying Corps) and is notified that he was on a list to receive training as a pilot
July 28, 1914 - Heubach, E. of Stuttgart, Rhineland - The regiment is on patrol at Heubach when World War I begins
August 8, 1914 - On the way to Alsace - The french take Mülhausen while the regiment is away
August 10, 1914 - Mülhausen - The regiment takes back Mülhausen from the french
August 20, 1914 - Vosges Mountains - Battle of Lorraine (until August 22nd)
September 15, 1914 - Toul, W. of Nancy - Awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class
September 23, 1914 - Baccarat, SE of Nancy | Thiacourt | Metz - Battle for Baccarat - Göring forces the french to retreat but he is sent to hospital at Thiacourt (and then Metz) with a severe bout of rheumatoid arthritis
September 24, 1914 - Metz | Freiburg, Germany - Sent by train to the Klinisches Krankenhaus (Clinical Hospital) in Freiburg
September 25(?), 1914 - Freiburg - Göring asks Loerzer to see him in hospital and expresses to his friend his worry that his military career could be over without full use of his legs. Right away, Loerzer tells Göring: "Do you know what you will do? You will come with me to the frontlines as my observer. There you will not need legs and we can have your knees wrapped in cotton bindings - then you will be warm enough"
October 12, 1914 - Freiburg - Discharged from Hospital
October 13, 1914 - Darmstadt - Göring risks being court-martialled and takes the train to Darmstadt to join Loerzer, who was receiving advanced pilot training there
October 28, 1914 - Freiburg - Completes the aerial observer's course and reports to the Feldflieger-Abteilung 25
November 3, 1914 - Stenay, France-Belgium border - Loerzer and Göring fly to their frontline airbase at Stenay
November 5, 1914 - Stenay - First combat flight in a Aviatik B.II
November 15, 1914 - Stenay - Awarded the "Abzeichen für Beobachtungsoffiziere (badge for observation officers)
November 17, 1914 - Stenay - First bombing mission over Verdun
December 22, 1914 - Stenay - Crown Prince Wilhelm visits the Feldflieger-Abteilung 25
January 18, 1915 - Stenay - Loerzer and Göring take their Aviatik B.II for a test flight, after days of heavy rain damage the hangars and airplanes
January 23, 1915 - Trier, Germany - Loerzer and Göring travel to Trier to obtain new photographic equipment and a new Aviatik B.II. They stay for 11 days and in the end they get a new 150-hp Benz-engined Albatros B.I.
February 24, 1915 - Stenay - Loerzer and Göring return to Stenay in their new Albatros B.I. And fly a series of photographic reconnaissance missions over Verdun's fortification system until March 3rd
March 3, 1915 - Stenay - Awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class by the Crown Prince
March 19, 1915 - Mersch, Luxembourg - Bad weather forces Loerzer and Göring to land at Mersch, Luxembourg. 
March 23, 1915 - Stenay - Award ceremony
April 22, 1915 - Stenay - Reconnaissance mission over the northeast portion of Verdun
April 27, 1915 - Stenay - Reconnaissance mission over the north of Verdun
April 29, 1915 - Stenay - Göring tests radio-telegraphy in their airplane, a new technology that allowed the contact with ground units
May 29, 1915 - Stenay - Flies with Oberleutnant Kurt Wegener
May 30, 1915 - Stenay - Second flight with Kurt Wegener, in a Rumpler B.I.
June 3, 1915 - Stenay - Thirty french bombers attack Stenay. Loerzer and Göring reach the airfield and take off to pursue the french, forcing one of the bombers to crash land
June 4, 1915 - Stenay | Freiburg, Germany - Bombing mission over Beaumont (N. of Douaumont) | Göring flies with Kurt Wegener to Freiburg to determine if a captured french-made machine gun was suitable for mounting on their airplanes
June 17, 1915 - Stenay - Flies in an Albatros C.I with Adolf Schmidt, a pilot with two air-victories. For the first time, the aircraft was armed with a ring-mounted flexible machine gun
July 1, 1915 - Freiburg - Reports to the flying school in Freiburg
September 15, 1915 - Freiburg - Göring completes his pilot's qualification
September 17, 1915 - Montmédy, near Stenay (France-Belgium border) - Loerzer visits Göring at Montmédy and both test a Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft LVG B.I.
September 23, 1915 - Montmédy - First assignment as a pilot - He is ordered to fly staff officer Helmuth Wilberg from Montmédy to an airfield near Metz in a Albatros B.I.
September 24, 1915 - Montmédy - Second flight taking Wilberg to Metz
October 1, 1915 - Vouziers (Between Stenay and Reims) - Reports back to the Feldflieger-Abteilung 25, the day the unit relocates to Vouziers airfield
October 3, 1915 - Vouziers - First flight over the frontlines in an Albatros C.I.
November 16, 1915 - Vouziers - Göring is attacked by a french Farman biplane. After a fight, the french aeroplane is shot down - (1 total)
December 14, 1915 - Gotha, Germany - Göring and Emil Flörke fly to Gotha to ferry a new Gotha G.I. bomber to Stenay. After taking off, they crash at the airfield near the aircraft factory's plant. Both of the pilots are wounded
December 28(?), 1915 - Stenay - Back at Stenay
January 29, 1916 - Stenay - Göring's AEG G.II is hit 10 times by french ground fire but he is able to complete the mission
February 21, 1916 - Stenay - Bombing mission over Verdun's fortifications with a AEG G.II bomber
February 22, 1916 - Stenay - Photographic reconnaissance mission over Verdun's fortifications with a AEG G.II bomber
February 26, 1916 - Stenay - Flight as a observer in a AEG G.II bomber
March 13, 1916 - Stenay - Flight without incident
March 14, 1916 - Stenay - Göring is attacked by three french Caudron G-4 and is able to force one of them to land within german lines - (2 total)
March 15, 1916 - Montmédy - Göring is driven to Montmédy to select a replacement pilot for Ludwig Kienlin (who was shot down and killed on March 13). He meets Unteroffizier Wilhelm Hübener, who accepts to join Göring at Stenay
April 4, 1916 - Stenay - Three-hour mission with a trio of AEG G.II bombers
April 10(?), 1916 - Hennigsdorf, near Berlin - Göring travels to the AEG factory in Hennigsdorf to inspect a new aeroplane
April 17, 1916 - Stenay - Returns to Stenay
April 21, 1916 - Stenay - Patrol flight
April 30, 1916 - Stenay - First combat flight in the new AEG G.III. Göring has to make an emergency landing near Mouzay, S. Of Stenay
May 16, 1916 - Stenay - Göring begins flying in an Albatros C.III with Caspar Kulenkampff (until July 9th)
July 1, 1916 - Stenay - Reconnaissance mission NW of Verdun
July 9, 1916 - Jametz, N. of Verdun - Göring is transfered to Artillerie-Flieger-Abteilung 203 to fly single-seat fighter aircraft. He test flies a Halberstadt D.II in the same day
July 15, 1916 - Jametz - Göring shoots down a voisin aeroplane (or forces it to land) but is not credited with the claim, despite the witnesses on the ground testifying in Göring's favor
July 23, 1916 - Metz - Göring and the fully recovered Bruno Loerzer are assigned to Metz
July 24, 1916 - Metz - Göring fights agains french aircraft on three different flights. He claims one aircraft destroyed but it's not credited to him
July 30, 1916 - Metz - Göring shoots down a Caudron biplane over La Côte - (3 total)
July 31, 1916 - Stenay - Loerzer and Göring are ordered back to Feldflieger-Abteilung 25
August 5, 1916 - Metz - Loerzer and Göring return to their airbase
August 9, 1916 - Metz - Göring's Halberstadt D.III is badly shot up and he survives with much luck
August 21, 1916 - Metz - Göring flies a "battlefield tour" of the contested area of Verdun in an old AEG G.II
September 6, 1916 - Jametz - Loerzer and Göring are posted to Jametz airfield
September 14, 1916 - Jametz - Göring fights with two aircraft over Nancy
September 28, 1916 - Martincourt-sur-Meuse, N. of Stenay - Loerzer and Göring are transfered to Jagdstaffel (Jasta) 7 at Martincourt-sur-Meuse, north of Stenay
October 20, 1916 - Gonnelieu, S-SW of Cambrai - Loerzer and Göring are transfered to Jasta 5 at Gonnelieu
October 22, 1916 - Gonnelieu - Loerzer and Göring fly two patrols
October 23, 1916 - Gonnelieu - Last patrol before weather conditions deteriorate
November 2, 1916 - Gonnelieu - Göring attacks a british bomber over Combles. He is then attacked and wounded by 6 british newport fighters, but manages to land at his own airfield at Gonnelieu
December 12, 1916 - Bochum, Germany - Discharged from hospital in Bochum
January 15, 1917 - Munich - Discharged from convalescence at a military hospital in Munich. Göring is invited by his godfather Dr. Ritter von Epenstein to Burg Mauterndorf, where he stays for two weeks
February 15, 1917 - Colmar - Reports to Loerzer's Jagdstaffel 26, a unit equiped with the new Albatros D.III aircraft
March 16, 1917 - Colmar - Combat patrol with Fritz Loerzer
March 18, 1917 - Colmar - Göring damages an enemy Caudron
April 11, 1917 - East of Guise - Jasta 26 is ordered to relocate to an airfield east of Guise
April 23, 1917 - Bohain, NE of St.Quentin - Jasta 26 is ordered to relocate 15km Northwest from Guise to Bohain. During the flight to the new airfield, Göring shoots down a british F.E.2b - (4 total)
April 28, 1917 - Bohain - Göring shoots down a Sopwith between Bohain and St.Quentin - (5 total)
April 29, 1917 - Bohain - Shoots down a Nieuport over Ramicourt - (6 total)
May 10, 1917 - Bohain - Shoots down an Airco D.H.4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft - (7 total)
May 17, 1917 - Bersée, S-SE of Lille - Transfered to Jagdstaffel 27 as the squadron's staffelführer
June 2, 1917 - Bersée - Combat against RNAS Sopwith triplanes
June 5, 1917 - Bersée - Combat against RNAS Sopwith triplanes
June 8, 1917 - Bersée - Shoots down a british Nieuport fighter - (8 total)
June 9, 1917 - Bersée - Damages a B.E.2 reconnaissance aircraft east of Roulers
June 16, 1917 - Iseghem (N of Lille), Belgium - Jasta 27 moves 50km north from Bersée to Iseghem, Belgium, where it joins Bruno Loerzer's Jasta 26
July 16, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring attacks a group of S.E.5 fighters escorting a bomber formation NW of Ypres. He shoots down one of the fighters but his Albatros D.III's engine is knocked loose and is considered beyond repair at the airfield. - (9 total)
July 24, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring receives a new Albatros D.V. On the same day he shoots down a Sopwith Triplane - (10 total)
August 5, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring's patrol attacks a group of 9 Sopwith Camels. The Staffelführer shoots down one of them - (11 total)
August 18, 1917 - Iseghem - Promoted to Oberleutnant
August 25, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring shoots down a Sopwith Camel south of Ypres - (12 total)
September 1, 1917 - Iseghem - General von Hoeppner's memorandum to the chief of the military cabinet: "I cannot at this time approve the [Pour Ie Merite] proposal, since the award of an additional decoration for Leutnant Göring, after [having attained] only ten aerial victories, would show preference compared to [the achievements of] other fighter pilots"
September 3, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring shoots down an Airco D.H.4 two-seater north of Lampernisse - (13 total)
September 20, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring claims another enemy aircraft shot down but no ground confirmation supported his claim
September 21, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring shoots down a Bristol F.2B bomber - (14 total)
October 20, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring is awarded the Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal Hohenzollern House Order
October 21, 1917 - Iseghem - 
Göring shoots down a Sopwith near Bondues, North of Lille - (15 total)
October 30, 1917 - Iseghem - Göring's Jasta strafes allied troops at Passchendaele
November 1, 1917 - Bavichove, NE of Kortrijk, Belgium - Jasta 27 moves 8km southeast to Bavichove
November 7, 1917 - Bavichove - Göring shoots down an Airco D.H.5 - (16 total)
November 24, 1917 - Bavichove - Göring decides to go on leave when gale force winds make air operations impossible
November 28(?), 1917 - Bayerischzell, Austrian border - Göring arrives at a ski resort and spa at Bayerischzell
February 11, 1918 - Bavichove(?) - Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Karl Friedrich Merit Order
February 13, 1918 - Marke, SW Courtrai, Belgium - Jasta 27 (now part of JG III) moves to Marke, SW Coutrai, Belgium
February 18, 1918 - Marke - Göring shoots down a S.E.5 fighter not far from the airfield - (17 total)
February 22, 1918 - Deynze, SW of Ghent - Sent to a field hospital in Deynze for treatment of a tonsillar abscess. For the first time in his life, Göring takes morphine to alleviate pain during treatment
March 7, 1918 - Marke - Returns to his Jasta at Marke
March 12, 1918 - Erchin, SE of Douai, France - Jasta 27 is moved 50km south to Erchin, near Douai
April 7, 1918 - Erchin - Göring shoots down a R.E.8 two-seat reconnaissance aircraft - (18 total)
April 15, 1918 - Halluin, SW of Kortrijk, France - Jasta 27 is moved to Halluin, back in French Flanders
April 22, 1918 - Halluin - Göring is caught by a cross current of wind while landing and flies into a hangar. He is uninjured, but the aircraft is damaged
May 3, 1918 - Halluin - Göring attacks a group of british bombers but has to return to Halluin for lack of fuel
May 21, 1918 - Vivaise, NW Laon - Jasta 27 is moved further south, to Vivaise, northwest Laon, France
Hermann Göring, 1918
May 31, 1918 - Vivaise - Göring is awarded the "Pour le Mérite"
June 3, 1918 - Mont de Soissons, SE of Soissons - Jasta 27 is moved to a farm at Mont de Soissons, SE of Soissons. Göring takes off in a new Fokker D.VII and shoots down a french A.R.1 two-seat reconnaissance biplane over Villers-Cotterêts - (19 total)
June 9, 1918 - Mont de Soissons - Göring shoots down a french Spad S.VII - (20 total)
June 17, 1918 - Mont de Soissons - Göring shoots down a french Spad S.VII - (21 total)
July 3, 1918 - Adlershof, SE Berlin, Germany - Göring test flies the new all-metal Zeppelin-Lindau D.1 fighter. Hauptmann Wilhelm Reinhard, Richthofen's chosen successor as commander of Jagdgeschwader 1, also test flies the aircraft, but during a dive, the top wing falls away and Reinhard, without parachute, is killed in the crash
July 8, 1918 - Berlin - Following the death of Wilhelm Reinhard, Göring is made commander of the Jagdgeschwader 1 "Flying Circus"
July 14, 1918 - Beugneux, S. of Soissons - Göring arrives at the JG I airfield at Beugneux, South of Soissons
July 18, 1918 - Beugneux - Göring shoots down a Spad over St.Bandry - (22 total)
July 19, 1918 - Monthussart-Ferme (Between Braisne and Courcelles-sur-Vesle) - JG I moves 15km to Monthussart-Ferme, outside of Braisne
July 27, 1918 - Monthussart-Ferme - Göring departs on leave to Munich and Mauterndorf, Austria
August 13, 1918 - While in Mauterndorf, Austria - Due to the high casualty rate, JG I is condensed into one Staffel and put under overall command of Oberleutnant Bruno Loerzer, commander of JG III
August 22, 1918 - Busigny | Escaufort, SE of Cambrai - Returns to JG 1
September 2, 1918 - Between Cambrai and St.Quentin(?) - Summoned to 2nd Army headquarters for a high level discussion
September 4, 1918 - Busigny | Escaufort, SE of Cambrai - Returns to JG 1 with new medical staff
September 16, 1918 - Frescaty, outside Metz - JG I is transfered to Metz
September 23, 1918 - Stenay, France-Belgium border - Göring and many of his pilots are invited to JG II's officers' mess at Stenay
September 25, 1918 - Frescaty, outside Metz - Mission with Ernst Udet, who shoots down his sixty-first and sixty-second aerial victories
September 26, 1918 - Frescaty - Mission with Ernst Udet
October 7, 1918 - Marville, N. of Verdun (belgian border) - JG I moves to Marville, north of Verdun
October 10, 1918 - Marville - Two weeks of heavy rains begin, making flying almost impossible
October 22, 1918 - Marville - Göring and Udet depart JG I together. They head for a short leave in Berlin and for Adlershof to test fly a new fighter aircraft
October 30(?), 1918 - Berlin - Attends a party hosted by the Pfalz Aeroplane Works at the Adlon Hotel in Berlin
November 9, 1918 - Tellancourt (France-Belgium-Luxembourg border) - Returns to JG I on the day of Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication
November 11, 1918 - Darmstadt, Germany - JG I flies to Darmstadt, via Mannheim
November 19, 1918 - Aschaffenburg - JG I is demobilized. Göring convenes JG I's 53 officers and 473 non-commissioned officers and other ranks for a final meeting. He discovers his ability as a speaker there
December 1(?), 1918 - Berlin - Returns to Berlin
December 15(?), 1918 - Berlin - Attends an officers' rally in the Berlin Philarmonic Hall with the new Prussian Minister of War, General Walter Reinhardt. Göring steps onto the platform and says: "I had guessed, sir, that you, as Minister of War, would put in an appearance here today. But I had hoped to see a black band on your sleeve that would symbolize your deep regret for the outrage you are proposing to inflict on us. Instead of that black band you are wearing blue stripes on your arm. I think, sir, it would have been more appropriate for you to wear red stripes!" [Aplauses] "We officers did our duty for four long years . . . and we risked our bodies for the Fatherland. Now we come home—and how do they treat us? They spit on us and deprive us of what we gloried in wearing. And this I can tell you, that the people are not to blame for such conduct. The people were our comrades—the comrades of each of us, irrespective of social conditions, for four weary years of war . . . Those alone are to blame who have goaded on the people-those men who stabbed our glorious Army in the back and who thought of nothing but of attaining power and of enriching themselves at the expense of the people. And therefore I implore you to cherish hatred—a profound, abiding hatred of those animals who have outraged the German people. . . . But the day will come when we will drive them away out of our Germany. Prepare for that day. Arm yourselves for that day. Work for that day"
January(?) 1(?), 1919 - Kastrup, Denmark - Spends most the yeat of 1919 in Denmark performing aerobatics and giving people brief flights for 50 crowns a trip.
August 2, 1919 - Stockholm, Sweden(?) - Obtains a swedish pilot's license and begins working as a commercial pilot for Svenska Lufttrafik AB
February 13, 1920 - Stockholm, Sweden - Hands his resignation to the Reichswehr (which was not allowed to have an airforce)
February 20, 1920 - Rockelstad castle, Sweden - Flies from Stockholm to Eric von Rosen's Rockelstad castle, where he meets Carin von Kantzow
June(?) 1(?), 1921 - Hochkreuth, near Bayrischzell - Settles at Hochkreuth with Carin. Begins university studies in history and political science in Munich
November 16, 1922 - Munich, Germany - Göring and Carin see Adolf Hitler for the first time at a mass meeting on the Königsplatz, where the swastika is used for the first time
December 13, 1922 - Stockholm, Sweden - Carin von Kantzow obtains her divorce from Baron Nils Gustav von Kantzow
January 3, 1923 - Stockholm - Göring marries Baroness Carin von Kantzow
February(?) 1(?), 1923 - Munich - Göring is given the command of the Sturmabteilung (SA)
SA leader Hermann Göring
November 1923
(Bavarian State Library
Photo Archive Hoffmann)
February 3, 1923 - Obermenzing, Munich - The wedding ceremony is repeated in Obermenzing
November 9, 1923 - Munich - Beer Hall Putsch - Hitler and the Nazis, alongside national conservatives, try to seize power in Munich in the Beer Hall "Putsch" (coup d'état). Troops open fire and 16 nazis are killed. Göring is badly shot in the groin and taken secretly to the clinic of a friend, Professor von Ach. The Nazi Party is banned
November 10(?), 1923 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Carin Göring arranges for friends to come from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and drive him from Munich to their home
November 30, 1923 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Letter from Carin Göring to her mother: "Hermann is in a terrible state. His leg hurts so much he can hardly bear it. Four days ago almost all the wounds that had healed broke out again and there is a horrible amount of pus in the leg still. He was X-rayed and they discovered a mass of fragments of shot as well as the dirt from the street buried in his thigh muscles. They operated on him with an anesthetic, and for the past three days he’s been very feverish. His mind seems to wander; sometimes he even cries, and sometimes he dreams of street fighting. All the time he is suffering indescribable pain. His whole leg is fitted with little rubber tubes to draw out the pus. He is so kind, so patient, so good, but deep in his heart he is desperately unhappy"
December(?) 1(?), 1923 - Innsbruck, Austria - The police finds Göring and arrests him in hospital, but he is smuggled out by friends, who take him to Innsbruck
December 8, 1923 - Innsbruck - Letter from Carin Göring to her mother: "I’m sitting here by my beloved Hermann’s sickbed. I’ve got to watch him suffer in body and soul—and there’s hardly anything I can do to help him. You know how awful that feels. His wound is just all pus, all over his thigh. He bites the pillow because it hurts him so much, and he moans all the time. You can imagine how this eats into my heart. It’s exactly a month since they shot at him, and in spite of being dosed with morphine every day, his pain stays just as bad as ever. I left the hotel and moved here into the hospital a fortnight ago. I feel so much better to be with him all the time. Spies watch over our villa in Munich; our letters are being confiscated; our bank accounts are blocked, and our car has been taken away. . . . They tell me a warrant has been issued for my arrest, too."
December 24, 1923 - Innsbruck, Austria - Göring leaves hospital
April 15, 1924 - While in Innsbruck - Carin Göring visits Hitler in prison
May 11, 1924 - Venice, Italy - The Görings move for a brief stay at the Hotel Britannia in Venice, Italy
May 20(?), 1924 - Rome, Italy - The Görings visit Rome, via Florence and Siena
May(?) 1(?), 1925 - Stockholm, Sweden - The Görings arrive in Stockholm, via Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig. Carin arrives with heart illness and Göring overweight and addicted to morphine
July(?) 1(?), 1925 - Stockholm - Göring's addiction worsens in the Summer with outbreaks of violence
August 6, 1925 - Stockholm - Göring is admitted in Aspudden's nursing home for withrawal of his Eucodal addiction
September 2, 1925 - Stockholm - Göring is placed in Långbro Hospital for his violent behavior
October 7, 1925 - Stockholm - Leaves Långbro Hospital after one month
July 3, 1926 - Weimar - 2nd NSDAP congress (2 days)
January 1(?), 1927 - Berlin(?) - Göring returns to Germany after amnesty is granted to the participants of the Munich Putsch
September 7, 1927 - Stockholm, Sweden - Göring is admitted in Långbro asylum for morphine abuse
September 26, 1927 - Stockholm - Göring leaves Långbro clinic after 19 days
December 25, 1927 - Stockholm - Spends Christmas with Carin in Stockholm
May 19, 1928 - Berlin - Letter to Carin on the eve of the elections, asking her to come to Munich
June 14, 1928 - Berlin - At the opening of the Reichstag with Carin
August 1, 1929 - Nuremberg - 4th NSDAP congress (4 days)
November 8, 1929 - Berlin - Speech at the Veteran Soldiers' House for the Berlin Gau in commemoration of the Great War fallen soldiers
April 18, 1930 - Sweden - 6-day vacation in Sweden with Goebbels
July 18, 1930 - Munich - After Hindenburg dissolves the Parliament, Göring and Goebbels leave the Reichstag unhindered and take the night train to Munich
August 30, 1930 - Berlin - Meeting with Hitler and Goebbels
September 10, 1930 - Berlin - Speech in the Sportpalast
September 25, 1930 - Leipzig - Göring and Goebbels go to Leipzig to appear as witnesses in the Leipzig Treason Trial
January 16, 1931 - Berlin - Takes part in discussions with Chancellor Heinrich Bruning at the Reich Chancelery
February 3, 1931 - Berlin - Leads a march out of the Reichstag in protest against the Brüning government
May 1(?), 1931 - Vatican, Rome, Italy - Hitler sends Göring to the Vatican, where he meets the future Pope Pius XII
June 9, 1931 - Munich - Goebbels and Göring participate in a NSDAP leadership conference in Munich
September 25, 1931 - While in Berlin - Carin's mother dies in Stockholm. Carin's doctor warns her that a trip to Stockholm in her weak heart condition could cost her life
September 30, 1931 - Stockholm, Sweden - The Görings arrive in Stockholm. Carin collapses and has to be carried to bed
October 4, 1931 - Stockholm - While at Carin's bedside, Göring receives a telegram from Hitler requesting his return to Berlin
October 10, 1931 - Berlin | Bad Harzburg - Hitler drives to Bad Harzburg with Goebbels and Göring
October 17, 1931 - While in Braunschweig - Carin Göring dies of heart failure in Stockholm
October 21, 1931 - Drottningholm, Sweden - Attends his wife's funeral
October 22, 1931 - Berlin - Returns to Berlin right after the funeral
May 30, 1932 - Berlin - Meeting with Hindenburg, who informs him and Hitler that he was appointing von Papen as Chancellor
July 31, 1932 - Berlin - The nazis win 37% of the votes in the July 1932 Reichtag elections and thus entitled to select the President of the Reichtag - Hermann Göring is selected
August 13, 1932 - Berlin - Meeting with Hindenburg and Hitler, who refuses to cooperate in a coalition government
August 30, 1932 - Berlin - Becomes President of the Reichstag. Sends a note to Emmy Sonnemann in Weimar: "I love you. H"
August 31, 1932 - Berlin - Party at Göring's house with presence of Hitler, Goebbels and Röhm
November 17, 1932 - While in Rome, Italy - While seated next to Mussolini at a banquet given in honor of the guests attending the European Congress of the Academy of Science, Göring receives the news of Von Papen's resignation
November 19, 1932 - Berlin - Arrives in time to prepare Hitler's meeting with Hindenburg
December 6, 1932 - Berlin - Göring is reelected president of the Reichstag
Hitler, Göring and Frick 30/1/1933
US Holocaust memorial museum
January 30, 1933 - Berlin - 
Appointed Reich Commissioner for Air Traffic
February 2, 1933 - Berlin - The office is renamed Reich Commissioner for Aviation
February 20, 1933 - Berlin - Secret meeting between Adolf Hitler and German businessmen at the official residence of Reichstag President Hermann Göring in Berlin. The meeting raised ℛℳ 2 million for the Nazi Party election campaign. In his speech, Hitler blamed democracy for the rise of communism
February 27, 1933 - Berlin - Göring is one of the first to arrive on the Reichtag, while it was on fire
March 3, 1933 - Frankfurt-am-Main - "My measures will not be crippled by any judicial thinking...I don’t have to worry about justice; my mission is only to destroy and exterminate, nothing more!
April 10, 1933 - While in Rome, Italy - Telegram from Hitler appointing him Minister President of Prussia
April 26, 1933 - Berlin - Göring establishes the GESTAPO when he returns from Italy
May 5, 1933 - Berlin - Becomes Reichminister of Aviation
May 19, 1933 - Rome, Italy - Two-day visit to Rome
June 1(?), 1933 - Rockelstad Castle, Sweden - Travels to Sweden to attend the marriage of Carin's niece
August 22, 1933 - Berchtesgaden - Goebbels arrives in Berchtesgaden. Meeting with Hitler and Göring
August 30, 1933 - Nuremberg - 5th NSDAP congress, the "Rally of Victory". Leni Riefenstahl's film "Der Sieg des Glaubens" is made at this rally. Göring is bestowed the character of General of the Infantry by Hindenburg
November 4, 1933 - Leipzig - Appears in Court as a witness for the prosecution of the Reichstag arsonists
April 10, 1934 - Berlin - Göring addresses the assembled Gestapo in the presence of Himmler and Heydrich, to explain that Himmler would in future take charge of their work as his deputy.
April 20, 1934 - Berlin - As a means of isolating Röhm, Göring transfers control of the Prussian political police (Gestapo) to Himmler, who, Göring believed, could be counted on to move against Röhm. Reinhard Heydrich becomes his deputy
June 10, 1934 - Carinhall, Schorfheide - Party at Carinhall for british and american ambassadors
June 19, 1934 - Carinhall - Carin Göring's sarcophagus is interred in the vault at Carinhall in an elaborate ceremony, after being transported from Sweden. Hitler attends the ceremony aswell as Himmler, who arrives pale and shaken, claiming that he had just survived an attempt made on his life. A shot shattered his car's windshield but he was uninjured
June 28, 1934 - Essen - Hitler and Göring go to Essen to visit the Krupp plant and to attend the wedding of Gauleiter Josef Terboven. Himmler arrives later with reports of Röhm's plans
June 29, 1934 - Berlin - Hitler sends Göring to Berlin to meet with Himmler and Heydrich and plan an action against Röhm
June 30, 1934 - Berlin - Goebbels flies to Berlin and telephones Göring with the codeword "kolibri" to let loose the execution squads on the rest of their unsuspecting victims
October 10, 1934 - Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Attends the funeral of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
January 1(?), 1935 - Warsaw, Poland - Trip to Warsaw
March 1, 1935 - Berlin - Becomes Commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe
March 10, 1935 - Berlin - Interview for the "Daily Mail". Göring reveals the existence of the Luftwaffe, a breach of the Versailles Treaty
April 10, 1935 - Berlin - Göring marries actress Emmy Sonnemann
May 1(?), 1935 - Budapest, Hungary - Göring and wife visit Budapest, Sofia, Dubrovnik and Belgrade during May
May 18, 1935 - Warsaw, Poland - Attends the funeral of Marshal Józef Piłsudski
June 8, 1935 - Berlin - Returns to Berlin
October 12, 1935 - Berlin - Topping-out ceremony of the Reich Aviation Ministry
March 2, 1936 - Berlin - Hitler summons Goebbels, Göring, Ribbentrop and Erich Raeder among others to the Reich Chancellery to inform them that he would announce the remilitarization of the Rhineland
April 20, 1936 - Berlin - Promoted to Generaloberst
October 18, 1936 - Berlin - Appointed Commissioner for the Four Year Plan, a project to reduce foreign dependency on iron and steel
January 12(?), 1937 - Berlin - Travels to Italy by train to influence Mussolini
January 15, 1937 - Rome, Italy - Meeting with Benito Mussolini
January 23, 1937 - Rome - Meeting with Benito Mussolini after a brief visit to Capri
February 10, 1937 - Warsaw, Poland - Meets Marshal Śmigly-Rydz in Warsaw
April 20, 1937 - Berlin - Departs for Italy
April 26, 1937 - Rome, Italy - Meeting with Benito Mussolini
June 21, 1937 - Berlin - Speech to the delegates of the International Chamber of Commerce
September 6, 1937 - Nuremberg - 9th NSDAP congress (7 days)
October 14, 1937 - Carinhall, Schorfheide - Entertains the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at Carinhall
November 4, 1937 - Berlin - Receives the Polish Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Count Szembek
February 4, 1938 - Berlin - Promoted to Field Marshal
March 26, 1938 - Vienna, Austria - Speech in Vienna
April 26, 1938 - Carinhall, Schorfheide - Göring receives the british ambassador Sir Neville Henderson at Carinhall
May 28, 1938 - Berlin - Conference convened by Hitler with Göring, Keitel, Raeder, Ribbentrop and Brauchitsch, among others. Hitler says "It is my unshakable will that Czechoslovakia shall be wiped off the map"
June 2, 1938 - Berlin - Daughter Edda is born
June 22, 1938 - Carinhall, Schorfheide - Göring receives the british ambassador Sir Neville Henderson at Carinhall
July 8, 1938 - Carinhall - Göring receives a number of leading aircraft manufacturers for a conference
September 15, 1938 - Berchtesgaden - Hitler receives British Prime-minister Neville Chamberlain
September 16, 1938 - Carinhall - Göring receives the hungarian Minister Sztójy at Carinhall
September 17, 1938 - Carinhall - Göring receives the british ambassador Sir Neville Henderson at Carinhall
September 22, 1938 - Bad Godesberg, Rhine - Neville Chamberlain flies to meet Hitler again - Hitler demands immediate cession of the Sudetenland
October 17, 1938 - Berlin - Göring meets the slovak leader Ferdinand Durcansky and the leader of the german minority in Slovakia, Franz Karmasin
October 22, 1938 - Carinhall, Schorfheide - Göring receives Goebbels at his house in Schorfheide
November 2, 1938 - Vienna, Austria - Meets the Italian Foreign Minister Galleazzo Ciano in Vienna
November 12, 1938 - Berlin - Meeting of the Reich Aviation Ministry to decide on measures to dispossess Reich german jews and force them to emigrate
January 24, 1939 - Berlin - Göring establishes the head office of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Berlin
March 12, 1939 - San Remo, Italy - During his vacations, Göring receives a telegram by Hitler ordering him to return to Berlin at once
March 14, 1939 - Berlin - Returns to Berlin
April 14, 1939 - Rome, Italy - Meeting with Galleazzo Ciano in Rome
April 15, 1939 - Rome - Meeting with Benito Mussolini
April 17, 1939 - Berlin - Returns to Berlin by train
May 22, 1939 - Berlin - Signing of the "Pact of Steel" in Berlin
July 5, 1939 - Carinhall, Schorfheide - Interview with the swedish businessman Birger Dahlerus
July 7, 1939 - Sönke Nissen Koog (near the danish border) - Conference at the property of Birger Dahlerus' wife
July 8, 1939 - Sylt Island - Göring invites Dahlerus for a further conversation 
August 14, 1939 - Berchtesgaden - War conference at Berchtesgaden
August 22, 1939 - Berchtesgaden - Joins Hitler in Berchtesgaden. Hitler orders a military mobilisation against Poland
September 30, 1939 - Berlin(?) - Awarded the Knight's Cross
October 1, 1939 - Carinhall - Meeting with Birger Dahlerus at Carinhall
November 7, 1939 - Berlin - Reception at the Soviet Embassy in Berlin
January 13, 1940 - Berlin - Conference between Hitler, Göring and Keitel about the forced landing in Belgium of Major Helmut Reinberger, who carried the complete plan of attack in the west, together with maps
February 12, 1940 - Carinhall - Himmler meets Göring at Carinhall to discuss deportation of jews
March 24, 1940 - Berlin - In his role as minister responsible for the Four Year Plan, Hermann Göring forbids any further transports into the General Government unless cleared first by himself or Frank
April 2, 1940 - Berlin - Conference with Göring, Raeder and Falkenhorst about the invasion of Denmark and Norway
June 5, 1940 - Dunkirk - Göring visits Dunkirk after the fall of the city. He agrees with Milch to propose to Hitler that a carefully co-ordinated series of mass parachute landings should be made on the RAF fighter stations in England
June 21, 1940 - Compiègne, France - The Armistice is signed between officials of Nazi Germany and the Third French Republic on the same place and same rail carriage where Germany signed their surrender in WW1. Hitler leaves the carriage in disdain, as Ferdinand Foch had done in 1918.
July 19, 1930 - Berlin - Göring is promoted to Reichmarschall, a top rank created especially for him
July 24, 1940 - Carinhall - Göring receives Dr.Albert Plesman, head of the Dutch KLM airline
September 7, 1940 - Berlin(?) - Awarded the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
Göring during the Battle of Britain
September 7, 1940 - near Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas-de-Calais - Arrives to the command post of Air Fleet 2 to direct the flow of aircraft to London
September 25, 1940 - Rominten Hunting Lodge, East Prussia (Poland-Kaliningrad border) - Göring and Adolph Galland stay in Rominten for 3 days
October 8, 1940 - Berlin - Göring meets René Fonck
February 13, 1941 - Berchtesgaden, Bavaria - Magda Goebbels and the children arrive for a 3-day stay in Göring's house
May 12, 1941 - Veldenstein | Berchtesgaden - Göring is summoned to Berchtesgaden after Rudolf Hess' letter is read by Hitler. He drives 3 hours from Veldenstein
June 29, 1941 - Wolfsschanze, Rastenburg (Ketrzyn) - Hitler hands Göring the leadership successor with full powers in the event that he himself was “deprived of his ability to act”
July 16, 1941 - Wolfsschanze - Conference with Hitler about the exploitation of Germany's captured territories
July 31, 1941 - Berlin - Hermann Göring gives written authorization to Heydrich to prepare and submit a plan for a "total solution of the Jewish question" in territories under German control and to coordinate the participation of all involved government organisations.
November 21, 1941 - Berlin - Attends Ernst Udet's funeral at Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery in Berlin
November 22, 1941 - Berlin - Attends Werner Mölders' funeral at Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery in Berlin
November 25, 1941 - Berlin - Conversation with Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano: "This year 20 to 30 million people will starve to death in Russia. Maybe it's a good thing, since certain races need to be decimated."
December 1, 1941 - Paris(?) - Conference with Marshal Pétain
January 12, 1942 - Berlin(?) - Göring's birthday with presence of Reinhard Heydrich
January 28, 1942 - Rome, Italy - Visit to Rome in an attempt to draw Mussolini closer to the great war coming
February 4, 1942 - Rome - Dinner with Count Ciano
April 26, 1942 - Berlin - Göring introduces Hitler at a session of the Reichstag
May 31, 1942 - While in Veldenstein - In Veldenstein when a massive british air raid over Cologne severely damages the city
August 6, 1942 - Berlin - Meeting with the Reich Commissioners for the occupied territories: "It used to seem relatively simpler to me. It was called looting. It was up to the person concerned to take away what was conquered. Well, the forms have become more humane. I intend to plunder anyway, and extensively […]"
August 7, 1942 - Berlin - Meeting with Goebbels
October 4, 1942 - Berlin - Speech at a harvest festival in the Sportpalast
January 12, 1943 - Carinhall, Schorfheide - Göring gives the most splendid reception he had ever held to celebrate his 50th birthday
March 8, 1943 - While in Rome, Italy - Goebbels arrives to Hitler's headquarters and the Führer informs him that he was about to dismiss Göring
March 10, 1943 - While in Rome - Conference between Hitler and Rommel in Zaporizhzhya. Göring had lost the confidence of the Führer by that time
March 12, 1943 - Zaporizhzhya - Göring arrives from Rome to face Hitler's criticism
March 17, 1943 - Berlin - Meeting with Goebbels and Albert Speer
March 21, 1943 - Berlin - Hitler visited the Zeughaus Berlin, the old armory on Unter den Linden, to inspect captured Soviet weapons. A group of top Nazi and leading military officials – among them Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, and Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz – were present as well. As an expert, Gersdorff was to guide Hitler on a tour of the exhibition. Moments after Hitler entered the museum, Gersdorff set off two ten-minute delayed fuses on explosive devices hidden in his coat pockets. His plan was to throw himself around Hitler in a death embrace. A detailed plan for a coup d'état had been worked out and was ready to go but, contrary to expectations, Hitler raced through the museum in less than ten minutes. After Hitler had left the building, Gersdorff was able to defuse the devices in a public bathroom “at the last second.” After the attempt, he was transferred back to the Eastern Front, where he managed to evade suspicion
April 13, 1943 - Berchtesgaden - Goebbels travels by train to Berchtesgaden for a meeting with Göring. Shortly before arriving, he suffers terrible pains in the kidneys and his unable to leave his sleeping car
June 25, 1943 - Obersalzberg - Meeting with Goebbels
July 7, 1943 - Wolfsschanze, Rastenburg - Von Braun presents of a 30mm color movie showing an A-4 rocket taking off.
September 9, 1943 - Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine - At Hitler's headquarters, pressing the Führer to make a public statement about the treachery of Italy
November 2, 1943 - Augsburg - Visits the Messerschmitt works to discuss the possible adaptaion of the new jet fighter into a fighter-bomber
March 26, 1944 - Berghof, Berchstesgaden - During a meeting with Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring and Wilhelm Keitel, Adolf Hitler receives a report about the mass escape from Stalag Luft III. In a bad mood, Hitler orders the fugitives to be summarily shot. Himmler and Göring  try to persuade him from that decision, believing the killings would create an international outcry. In the end, they agree to a compromise: half of the allied officers would be shot
March 29, 1944 - Berlin - Returns from leave
June 2, 1944 - Obersalzberg - Visit by Adolf Hitler
June 5, 1944 - Veldenstein, S. of Bayreuth, Bavaria - During the night of June 5-6, Göring is informed that the invasion of France had started
June 6, 1944 - Schloss Klessheim (4km W. of Salzburg, Austria) - Hitler summons Goebbels, Göring, Himmler and Ribbentrop to meet him at Schloss Klessheim
July 11, 1944 - Wolfsschanze, near Rastenburg, East Prussia - Von Stauffenberg aborts an attempt to kill Hitler with a bomb because Himmler was not present
July 20, 1944 - Wolfsschanze - Göring, who was at his HQ, 50 km away, arrives at the Wolfsschanze after the attempt against Hitler's life
July 22, 1944 - Wolfsschanze - Meeting with Benito Mussolini at the Wolfsschanze just after the failed attempt on Hitler's life, with the presence of Adolf Hitler, Karl Dönitz and Hermann Göring
September 23, 1944 - Wolfsschanze - Göring supports the mass production of the He162 Volksfighter, which he hoped would be manned by the Hitler Youth trained in gliders
October 30, 1944 - Peenemünde - Hermann Göring attends two V-2 launches
January 27, 1945 - Berlin - Conversation with Hitler about General Student. Meeting with Goebbels
April 10, 1945 - Obersalzberg - Last meeting with Adolf Galland
April 20, 1945 - Berlin - Hitler's 56th birthday. Breefing with Hitler and Himmler before leaving for Berchtesgaden. For the first time, Berlin is bombarded by soviet artillery
April 21, 1945 - near Potsdam - Göring reaches the Luftwaffe High command, during soviet bombardments
April 22, 1945 - Berchtesgaden - Reaches Berchtesgaden
April 23, 1945 - Berchtesgaden - Radio message from Göring, announcing that, unless he received instructions to the contrary, he would in a few hours take over the “overall leadership of the Reich” since this would presumably mean that Hitler had lost his freedom of action. The “Führer” responded with a fit of rage, dismissing Göring from his position as commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe. Göring is put on house arrest and later he is taken to an air-raid shelter
April 28(?), 1945 - Mauterndorf, Austria - Göring and family are taken to his castle in Mauterndorf, under house arrest
April 29, 1945 - While in Mauterndorf - Hitler writes his Last Will and Testament, declaring both Himmler and Göring to be traitors. He strips Himmler of all of his party and state offices and expels him from the Nazi Party. Hitler names Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor
May 6, 1945 - Mauterndorf, Austria - Göring is released and sends a message to Admiral Dönitz
May 7, 1945 - near Zell am See, Austria -
Göring flees to Schloss Fischhorn and surrenders to the 36th US Infantry Division
May 9, 1945 - Kitzbühel, Austria - Press conference for the international press at the HQ of the 7th US army in Kitzbühel
May 10, 1945 - Augsburg - Göring is flown to Augsburg where he spends 10 days in an american internment camp
May 21, 1945 - Camp Ashcan, Bad Mondorf, Luxembourg - Göring, Emmy and Edda are taken to the secret US Camp Ashcan in Bad Mondorf, Luxembourg
November 1(?), 1945 - Nuremberg - Taken to Nuremberg to face trial
February 8, 1946 - Nuremberg - Nuremberg Trials - Soviet prosecutor Roman Rudenko brings former Field Marshall Friedrich von Paulus as a witness and after questioning him, he incriminates Göring, Keitel and Jodl
October 1, 1946 - Nuremberg - Göring is sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, to be hanged by October 16th
October 15, 1946 - Nuremberg - The night before his execution date, Hermann Göring commits suicide with a cyanide capsule, aged 53 =(END)

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