births
January 12, 1893
Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia (died 1946)
Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a German Nazi politician, aviator, military leader, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. He also served as Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, a position he held until the final days of the regime.
Minister President of Prussia
The Minister-President, or Prime Minister, of Prussia was the head of government of the Prussian state. The office existed from 1848, when it was formed by King Frederick William IV during the 1848–49 Revolution, until the abolition of Prussia in 1947 by the Allied Control Council.