Albert Günther Göring (1895 - 1966)

Born 9 Mar 1895 in Friedenau, Berlin, Germany

Ancestors

Died 20 Dec 1966 at age 71 in Munich, West Germany

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Albert Göring helped Jews and dissidents survive the Holocaust

Biography

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Albert Günther Göring was a German businessman, notable for helping Jews and dissidents survive in Germany during the Second World War while his older brother Hermann Göring was the head of the German Luftwaffe and a leading member of the Nazi Party. ^[1]

He was the fifth child of the former Reichskommissar to German South-West Africa and German Consul General to Haiti, Heinrich Ernst Göring, and Franziska "Fanny" Tiefenbrunn (1859 — 15 July 1923) who came from a Bavarian peasant family. Albert's brothers were Hermann Göring and Karl Ernst Göring; his sisters were Olga Therese Sophia and Paula Elisabeth Rosa Göring, the last two of whom being children from his father's first marriage. ^[2]

The Göring family lived with their children’s aristocratic godfather of Jewish heritage, Ritter Hermann von Epenstein, in his Veldenstein and Mauterndorf castles. Von Epenstein was a prominent physician and acted as a surrogate father to the children as Heinrich Göring was often absent from the family home. ^[3]

Albert loathed all of Nazism's inhumanity and at the risk of his career, fortune and life, used his name and connections to save many Jews and gentiles. ^[4]

Many anecdotal stories exist about Göring's resistance to the Nazi ideology and regime. For example, Albert is reported to have joined a group of Jewish women that had been forced to scrub the street. The SS officer in charge inspected his identification, and ordered the group's scrubbing activity to stop after realizing he could be held responsible for allowing Hermann Göring's brother to be publicly humiliated.^[5]

After the war, Göring found himself shunned because of his family name. He found occasional work as a writer and translator, living in a modest flat far from the baronial splendour of his childhood. Before his death, Göring was living on a pension from the government. He knew that if he were to marry, the pension payments would be transferred to his wife after his death. As a sign of gratitude, in 1966 Göring married his housekeeper so she could receive his pension. One week later, he died without having his wartime activities publicly acknowledged.^[6]

Yad Vashem is considering bestowing on him the Righteous Among the Nations award. He would join Oskar Schindler and approximately 500 other Germans who’ve received the distinction. ^[7]

Sources

• Albert Goring at Wikipedia
• Albert Goering, the Good Brother
• Times of Israel

References

1. ↑ Albert Goring at Wikipedia
2. ↑ Albert Goring at Wikipedia
3. ↑ Albert Goring at Wikipedia
4. ↑ Albert Goering, the Good Brother
5. ↑ Albert Goring at Wikipedia
6. ↑ Albert Goring at Wikipedia
7. ↑ Times of Israel