Göring’s Death Sentence



This media item will not play in the Internet software you are currently using.

German field marshal Hermann Göring, second only to dictator Adolf Hitler in the National Socialist (Nazi) government, stands trial before the International Military Tribunal, held in Nürnberg, Germany, in 1945 and 1946. Göring was convicted of all the charges brought against him and sentenced to death by hanging. He committed suicide hours before his scheduled execution on October 15, 1946.

Appears in these articles:

Genocide; War Crimes Trials

*	Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers. Join Now