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“It wasn't that I amassed it with aims of selling it and becoming a rich man. My personality demanded that I be surrounded by the best examples of the world's art.”

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Hermann Göring was a prominent Nazi politician and military leader, the founder of the Luftwaffe. Born on January 12, 1893, in Rosenheim, Germany, he was executed on October 15, 1946. Göring held several key positions during the Nazi era, including Vice Chancellor and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, serving as one of Adolf Hitler's closest lieutenants. more

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