Goering, Hermann Wilhelm

 
Pronunciation: /ˈgəːrɪŋ/
(also Göring)
  • (1893–1946), German Nazi leader and politician. Goering was responsible for the German rearmament programme, founded the Gestapo, and from 1936 until 1943 directed the German economy. Sentenced to death at the Nuremberg war trials, he committed suicide in his cell.