Hermann Göring

Hermann Wilhelm Göring (12 January 1893 - 15 October 1946) was a German general and a politician. After serving as a pilot in WWI, he became addicted to morphine and, resulting from that, extremly obese. He joined the Nazi Party at 1922, becoming Adolf Hitler's de-facto deputy and presumed successor. At 1935, he assumed command over Germany's Air Force. At 1940, he received the rank of a Reichsmarshall.

At 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad, Göring lost much of his political power and retreated to his estate. At 1945, after it was obvious that Hitler was doomed to die in Berlin, he sent a telegram to the Führerbunker in which he declared that he would consider himself as the state's leader after Berlin would be completely isolated, Hitler was enraged and ordered his arrest, appointing Robert Ritter von Greim as commander of the Luftwaffe in his stead, ordering that he'll be arrested - and executed if Hitler would die. That order was not carried out, and Göring survived to be tried in Nüremberg by the Allies. He was convicted of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes, but took his own life before he could be executed.

Parodies
Göring - portrayed by actor Matthias Gnädiger - has a minor appearance in the film Downfall, when he looks at his watch during one of Hitler's yada-yada conversations. Since he never actually speaks, Göring rarely has a major role on-screen in the parodies, with the possible exception of Göring Falls Asleep, which, through clever editing, centered around him constantly falling asleep in the middle of one of Hitler's planning sessions and everyone's attempts to wake him up.

However, Göring's large size and his alleged ability to eat the Reichmart and the bunker's entire food supply and even an ice cream tub every evening has been parodied, most recently in a series of videos by Hitler Rants Parodies in which he begins eating Blondi's dog food, leaving Hitler struggling to aquire enough for both of them. Another running joke is that Fegelein is routinely able to bribe Göring into aiding his antics using simple foodstuffs, i.e. cookies.