Emmy Göring
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Wedding photograph of Emmy and Hermann Göring in front of Berlin Cathedral, 1935. Hitler can be seen standing at the back.
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Emma Johanna Henny Sonnemann 24 March 1893 Hamburg, Germany |
| Died | 8 June 1973 (aged 80) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
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| Children | Edda Göring |
| Occupation | Actress, First Lady |
| Known for |
Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring's second wife
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Emma Johanna Henny "Emmy" Göring (née Sonnemann; 24 March 1893 – 8 June 1973) was a German actress and the second wife of Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring. She served as Adolf Hitler's hostess at many state functions and thereby staked a claim to the title of "First Lady of the Third Reich".
Emmy Göring was born Emma Sonnemann in Hamburg, Germany on 24 March 1893 to a wealthy salesman. After schooling, she became an actress at the National Theatre in Weimar.
On her marriage to actor Karl Köstlin in late 1916, she became Emmy Köstlin.
On 10 April 1935, she married the prominent Nazi and Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring, becoming Emmy Göring. It was also Göring's second marriage; his first wife, Carin, had died in October 1931.
Göring's and her daughter Edda Göring was born on 2 June 1938. Edda was reported as being named after Countess Edda Ciano, eldest child of Benito Mussolini. Time reported: "Herr and Frau Göring became her fast friends." However, in her autobiography, Emmy said her daughter was named after one of her friends.
Hermann Göring named his country house Carinhall after his first wife, while referring to his hunting lodge at Rominten (now Krasnolesye) – the Reichsjägerhof – as "Emmyhall".
Emmy was given an unsolicited membership to the Nazi Party during Christmas 1938.
Emmy Göring served as Hitler's hostess at many state functions prior to the Second World War. This and her claim to be the "First Lady of the Third Reich" created much animosity between herself and Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun, whom she snubbed and openly despised. Hitler consequently issued angry instructions to Hermann Göring demanding that Emmy treat Eva with more respect; one of the outcomes of Emmy's condescending attitude toward Eva was that she was no longer invited to Hitler's Bavarian retreat, the Berghof. As for Eva Braun, she allegedly never forgave Emmy for having assumed the role of "First Lady of the Reich".
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