My dad was sent to Europe just after the war as part of the occupying forces. He had a couple of stories to tell including one where he supposedly went out with Hermann Goering’s neice. He had said she was a hard core Nazi who kept an agressive German Shepherd.
Dad died over a year ago and I now have possession of two pictures he took in Passau, Germany. They show him and two women. On the back of one it says, “Nazis and myself” and the other it says “Anne, Hertia (nazies) Passau”
(my note: the spelling of “Hertia” and “(nazies)” may be incorrect; its a little hard to read the handwritting).
I’d like to know if there is any way I can determine if one of these women really was Goering’s neice? I’ve googled a bit and can’t seem to find much. It would seem to require a bit more in depth searching. So I’m left wondering "Who are these girls, and are they really related in anyway to Goering?
I’d be happy to post these picts somewhere (except I don’t know how).
Could I e-mail them to one of the great dopers and impose on them to post them somewhere for me? please?
I’ve got them scanned and saved on my computer now; i just don’t know the “posting on the web” thing. I think they are very cool, even if the girls aren’t related to anyone historic.
My dad was my hero. I can only hope to be as good as a man as he was.
My suggestion would be to do a search for academics interested in either the life of Goering or geneologists working in this arena. Alternately, pick up a biography of him and do some research. You could attempt to contact any family member names you find who might be alive. Intersting family history, I’d definately want to know!
Goering did have sisters, and he did have nieces – that’s the most I can really confirm. He had two sisters, Olga and Paula. Their married names were Olga Rigele and Paula Hueber (or Hüber). I couldn’t find anything about his nieces’ names, or where they might have been after the war.
Goering’s nieces did apparently flee with him to the Obersalzberg at the very end of the war. Berchtesgaden, the location of Hitler’s complex in the Obersalzberg, is quite close to Passau (less than 100 miles by a direct route, much of it through Austria). Therefore, it’s conceivable that Goering’s nieces would have fled there after the war’s end.
It’s entirely possible that they assumed different names after the war, as the Allies would certainly have known the names of Goering’s relatives. It’s also entirely possible that someone would have claimed falsely to be Goering’s niece, although this would have been a very dangerous claim to make after the war, whether or not it was true.
Jeeze, I know why they call it shutterfly.
Anyway, those pics are really cool. I’m sure there’s a way to identify them, but I’m just along for the ride. Good luck!
It is compressed as a sit file . You need stuffit (free trial) from www.download.com to decompress it. You need the 11 meg newer version not the 2 meg verion.
I was in an airport in Munich a few years back, when the loudspeakers announced “Last call for Dr. Göring. Dr. Göring please go to terminal two.” Ahh. well.
