Tag: Hermann Göring
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Hermann Göring, His Kids, and the Nuremberg Trauma: What the Trials Reveal About Power, Psychology, and Legacy
Introduction: A Conversation Beyond the courtroom When actors and historians gather to discuss the Nuremberg trials, the conversation naturally broadens beyond the verdicts. The recent reflections from James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek, and Michael Shannon illuminate a hidden thread of the Nuremberg story: the personal attachments, psychological experiments, and tense power dynamics that shaped a pivotal…
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Nuremberg Trials: Göring and Kelley — Inside the Case
Unsettling humanity: Göring’s portrait and the lessons of the Nuremberg trials The Nuremberg trials, conducted in the wake of World War II, cast a long shadow over how the world understood responsibility for atrocity. Among the defendants, Hermann Göring—the Nazi regime’s second-in-command—stood out not only for his political power but for the chilling ambiguity some…