2007-01-27 11:07:43 · 8 answers · asked by Michel 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Near the end of the war, as the Red Army closed in around the German capital on April 23, 1945, Göring sent a telegram from Berchtesgaden to Berlin in which he proposed to assume leadership of the Reich as Hitler's designated successor.
Hitler considered this disloyalty and high treason, especially because Göring mentioned a time limit after which he would consider Hitler incapacitated. Hitler had Göring placed under arrest by Bernhard Frank on April 25 and in his political testament Hitler dismissed Göring from all his sundry offices and expelled him from the party.
Two days before ending his own life Hitler sent orders to Frank to execute Göring, his wife and their young daughter (Hitler's own goddaughter).
A combination of Göring's considerable charm, Frank's confusion and terror at the last days of the war and perhaps common decency where the death of an innocent German child was concerned led to Frank's rejection of the order. Instead the Görings and their captors moved together, with little formality and no semblance of a captives and captors relationship, to the same Schloß Mauterndorf where Göring had spent much of his childhood and which he had inherited (along with Burg Veldenstein) from his godfather's widow upon her death in 1937.
(Göring had arranged for preferential treatment for the woman after his rise to power, a consideration that guaranteed her immunity from the confiscation and arrest that may have been her fate as the widow of a wealthy Jew.)
2007-01-31 01:33:23 · answer #1 · answered by DECEMBER 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-04 02:24:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because,near the end of WW2,he sent a telegram to Hitler outlining his(Goering's)plan to assume leadership of the Third Reich,if or when Hitler died (or was killed). This made Hitler mad,because by then,he was getting really paranoid. Hitler decreed that Goring was guilty of High Treason,and issued an arrest order for him.
2007-01-27 11:28:52 · answer #3 · answered by sgthaw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did he?
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Yes, he did, shotrtly after the red armies surrounded Berlin on April 23rd, '45. Goring offered to Hitler to take charge of the reich, and hitler considered that to be treason and ordered him to be arrested. Later, when he sent someone to kill Goring, his wife and child, that man did not obey the order.
2007-01-27 11:10:28 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Russians closed in on Berlin and Hitler was trapped
Goring who was in occupied France assumed control of the 3rd Reich on his own volition, When Hitler heard of this he was furious and ordered his arrest
2007-01-27 11:25:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was trying to save his own skin and make a deal with the Allies. Goring slowly fell out of favor as the war worsened and his Luftwaffe could not protect German cities.
2007-01-27 11:14:25 · answer #6 · answered by Adi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He tried to takeover control of the govt. a bit too early. Hitler was stll in control durig the last few days of the third reich.
2007-01-27 17:05:56 · answer #7 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His Ego was hurt because Goring took power while he was hiding.
2007-01-27 11:13:12 · answer #8 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was trying to cut a deal to save his own skin.
2007-01-27 11:10:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋