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Goering

American  
[gair-ing, gur-, gœ-ring] / ˈgɛər ɪŋ, ˈgɜr-, ˈgœ rɪŋ /

noun

  1. Hermann Wilhelm Göring, Hermann Wilhelm.


Goering British  
/ ˈɡøːrɪŋ /

noun

  1. See Göring

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Hermann Goering, a top Nazi official, plundered Goudstikker's entire collection when the art dealer fled to England in 1940.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Mr. Buruma recounts one contemporary joke: “An airplane carrying Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels crashes. All three are killed. Who is saved? Answer: The German people.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Frustrated, he stepped down from the committee and, together with a University of Washington bioethicist named Sara Goering, decided to independently pursue the issue.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024

But as the Nazi government took power, the collection also drew the interest of Hermann Goering, a powerful Nazi figure and the prime minister of Prussia.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022

Surely, I thought, no country could be so dominated by unrepentant Nazis as to name a street after the notorious Nazi Reichskommissar and founder of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering!

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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