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TinKicker t1_ivdvp3a wrote

Reply to comment by Confused_Idol in They fled persecution in Nazi Germany. Then the British put them behind barbed wire by lanzkron

FWIW, my dad guarded Herman Göring during the Nazi trials in Nuremberg. He had the same complaint.

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ooo-ooo-oooyea t1_iveto90 wrote

so who slipped him the suicide pills?

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TinKicker t1_iveu9ly wrote

He didn’t know. Wasn’t his watch. All he did was have a three minute egg timer. Every time the sand ran out, he had to open a little window to observe the general eating his catered meals, reading books from his library or writing letters. As long as he’s not dying, close the little door and flip the egg timer over. Such was the life of an E-2 in the Big Red 1…after the war.

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ooo-ooo-oooyea t1_ivewmku wrote

That had to be quite an experience. Despite being a huge monster, I bet he was very charismatic and tried to manipulate the guards for stuff.

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TestingHydra t1_ivf46vh wrote

From one historical thing I watched a while ago I think one of the guards of Göring said how he requested a container of hair gel that he previously possessed. The guard didn't think much of it, Göring had been pleasant and so the guard got it for him, unaware of the pills hidden inside.

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ColtS117 t1_iwrqjyt wrote

He concealed them in something stored in his rectum.

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