Albert Göring | |
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Albert Göring in 1936
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Born |
Albert Günther Göring 9 March 1895 Friedenau, Berlin, Germany |
Died | 20 December 1966 Munich, West Germany |
(aged 71)
Resting place | Göring family plot, Munich |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | Technische Universität München |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Anti-Nazi activities |
Spouse(s) | Maria von Ummon (divorced) Erna von Miltner (divorced) Mila Klazarova (divorced) Brunhilde Seiwaldstätter (his death) |
Parent(s) |
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Relatives |
Hermann Göring (brother) Edda Göring (niece) Elizabeth Göring (daughter) |
Albert Günther Göring (9 March 1895 – 20 December 1966) was a German businessman who helped Jews and dissidents survive in Germany during the Second World War. His older brother was Hermann Göring, the head of the German Luftwaffe and a leading member of the Nazi Party.
Albert Göring was born on 9 March 1895 in the Berlin suburb of Friedenau. He was the fifth child of the former Reichskommissar to German South-West Africa and German Consul General to Haiti, Heinrich Ernst Göring, and his wife Franziska "Fanny" Tiefenbrunn, who came from a Bavarian peasant family.
The Görings were relatives of numerous residents of the Eberle/Eberlin area in Switzerland and Germany, among them German Counts Zeppelin, including aviation pioneer Ferdinand von Zeppelin; German nationalist art historian Hermann Grimm, author of concept of the German hero as a mover of history that was later embraced by the Nazis; Swiss historian of art and cultural, political and social thinker Jacob Burckhardt; Swiss diplomat, historian and President of International Red Cross Carl J. Burckhardt; the Merck family, owners of the German pharmaceutical giant Merck; and German Catholic writer and poet Gertrud von Le Fort.