1951-03-10 — Page 11

THE CHINA 'MAIL, ́ SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1951.

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AT KARINHALL with Matsuoka, Japan's Poreign Minister. In the pictures the pubile saw there were NO CIGARS.

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NE of Gooring's favourite war-time preoccupations was to escape to his hunting lodge at Rominton. Here he could be happy, rarely disturbed by the pressing front-line problems.

He would get up at 7 o'clock and st down hupplly in a deep armchair in his heavy brocade dressing gown. He had a great number of these in red, blue, green, and violet. At such moments he looked

like a fairy-story Caesar.

First, he had a look at the morning papers, brought from Berlin by coupler.

While he read these and enjoyed his morning tea, Robert the valet got bury with the gramophone. From behind Goering's chair streamed out opera music -uninterruptedly, and always Wagner.

A BREAKFAST FIT

FOR BISMARCK

TOWARDS nine- o'clock the

Reichsmarschall would go to the After a lot of splashing about, white-gowned

appeared: then masseur Goering-as if he were a happy private citizen -went off to breakfast alone. Such a break- fost as would have pleased Bismarck :--

bathroom.

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A huge wooden platter, with salami, ham, ausage. liter sausage: English jam: honey: soffer; white bread and freshly baked rolle.

Robert would then produce the suit for the day- uniform of the green leather. hunting jacket When he went to the Fushrar It was always full-dress uniform.

All the uniforms of the marshal broke military regulations They were designed to his fancy

He loved the pompous, the exaggerated,

Watches

OF QUALITY

K

How Goering's buffooning

made a mockery of

heroes' awards

THE

FANTASTIC

especially in

! With nis boots uniforms he would' wear long“' red hunting boots of Russian Icather, and with them allver apura, even though one could see. if one examined him carefully, that ho belonged to the air force.

Naturally no horseback. (8tripped. Hermann Goering weighed 18 stone.)

Uniform

nover went оп

and

connoisseurs, tailors tailoresses, were kept busy trying out his Inteat ideas. This went on for years until be found the uniform colour that anally pleased him. At first he chose ivory, but Anally stuoi to dove-grey.

SO HE SHONE LIKE LOHENGAIN

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HIS wardrobe adviser was Robert, who dressed him up like Christmas tree and made him shimmer and Both took a colossal shine like Lohengrin. delight in their fantastic inspirations

The Reichsmarschall had 172 decorations He did not keep all of them at the nunting lodge, but if foreign guests were due to arrive he had the orders of their country (if he possessed them) flown out to him from Berlin or Karinhall

On his fingers he always wore two wedding rings and a huge ruby set in gold,

If there was no possibility of a military valt. Robert dressed up his master as the huntsman. The light hunting, brake would appear, and so Goering, with Schade, the chler forester, and one police officer would set off for the forests.

SHOT VENISON

FOR LUNCH

(NCE there be took a little walk and returned after an hour to

lunch; venison shot by the Reichsmarschall himself was often on the menu. ··

GOERING

and the quarrel left a gulf that was never bridged.

Whenever Gbering sho% an outstanding, beast there was an impressive feast.

The foresters stood with torches in a half circle round the dead deer. Horns, were blown,

Buch evenings saw Goering at nis best; his hospitality invich.

Was

Off to Paris

Gradually I became acquainted with the secrets of the "princely court."

I had already spent sufficient time at Rominien," in Karinhail and in the special train to know that the whole military show ọi tha

H.Q. over staffed

only functioned for the persona! well- being of Goering and his tumity He looked after the war w the same time. so to speak.

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I noticed on my retum Berlin that there were whisper- ings and excitement in all the

dearly beloved Fuchrer... Step ... Hell "

Officers and ion stepped for ward to be decorated, bul Goering didn't give a fiz for any previous arrutigementa

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Be would put his hand in » fatherly manner on the shouldai

about of a man he was decorate, and nsk, him how often ho had

Britain been over according to the number of tiniza so won he decorated.

If the mafi was alrende decorated he promoted him on the spot-all just according 14 his whim.

Naturally the whole thing became a crockery in the eyes ol ofcers and men.

THEY WAITED

THREE DAYS GOERING'S HQ

not

rooms and terrine secret proruined town of Beauvais bur

near the station parations Christinas prepara

Hons. A few days inter I foarned that the Reiche marschall Was going to Paris, not for military but for completely private reasons. He wanted to buy Chrisimas.

In the

Le Déluge. Hers stood thetwe special trains

200 *Robinson."

Every morning

Pummi-

and

secret rooms. ture. Gobeling. pictures (especially pletures).

The war? What war?

Christmas over, the usual activity around Goering became post- day was drawing near. tive hysteria. His birth-

for on Janusty 12 ho would be se,

NOW FOR GIFTS WHAT &

career ho

LANGE took this picture on a quiet country road in France, It appeared

Reich in the Berlin Press as "The marschall on the EASTERN FRONT.”

bad behind him. From a retired captain in 1918 to Reichs marschall-to First Favourite in the land ana one of its richest magnates.

Is

Presents were pouring in in hundreds. I didn't get off tightly. either I had to go in the Now Year to Karinhall to make pew portraits of the Reichsmarschall. Goering bad just completed several Buccessful experimenta with, his uniform. and happily adopted every pose I requested. His favourite, pose was standing with his head turned slightly sidewaya * determined expres sion on his face looking with cold ayes upon the imaginary destruction of Imaginary enemy squadrons.

The "giving of these dirinday presents was, simply that each

ELTEL with Robar was told in plenty of

NASTEREA/d] Wulst, the presbytime

After lunch he lay down so sleep unui prexate, then LANGEond to Puris

nis friend Bodenschatz appeared with, the latest gossip from the Fuehrer's H.Q.

In the late afternoon Goering went hunt- ing He was an excellent shot and loved animals.

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be fulfilled his duty, one musi confers.~`But-us thla - period he should have been playing the role of Supreme Commander of the Air Force."

For the evening meal gueme turned up from B.Q. of picople be had talked with during the day. Hitler never camel-

"Worst crime

About 10 o'clock the Reich Hunting Master sat down before the fire in the great ball and endless nunting stories were told and hunting argon spoken.

It so happened that Genstal Pieldmarshal FUD Bratichitsch committed the highest crime possible in Goering's eyes. He shot one of his deer without permission. Goering was raging.

FIGUREHEAD

TROUBLE

special trains sor off again,

..

Overig was.cute enough; noi [60° 80 direct to Baris. stead he went to the HQ.in.SexUVAI and inspected one of the sent emergency restuo squada.

There I witnessed' 'crib at nis typical distributions of decors-

dons!

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Officers and men nadassembled on the kiriield, and the Supreme Commander took the salutė................

Generu Loertor, one of Qoer ang's friends from the first World War. followed in his wake us, always. He never did any work. We called him "Generul Snack.“ for we could always near him in the mecial train- wherever he was-saying. What about

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In the shadow

Loerzet

of those WHO чис courtiers who quite crudely used Goering't friendship to leud a comfortable life in his shadow, "General Snack" dressed exactly like his patron.

So Boering took the parade. giving one of his. little speeches with the usua; peroration': Our

bny presénu. Every onear HA. Knew I what was happen. ink-tha: Genera! Harleese was “WALT- -40g-12. Pars to netu

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pur. chases and that for Gooring the P was unimporta

Vder came with a group of al:

by Dr. Goernuert, the Counsellor, what Doering wanted.

Family tree

His birthday - dawned, wstza Goering behaving like an

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be set to work xgain. The Japanese Poreign Minister Vosuka Matsuoka bad come to Berlin on a sinte visit He must dro Germany at the neight rat power and glory, and daturally a vishi to Karinhali was included.

Hitler would often say laugh, ingly to foreign visitors have a look at Goering in his Karinhall, fi is quite well worth sering.

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And so the Japanese Poreign Minister was sent to Kariniai), This aristocratic old Samurai cageriv puffed the cigure thui Goering offered him inäturallu i had to remove the cigara rom the photographs Insued to the P7613 but reproduce uncensored picture ferel.

wan - shown. Clearing? He model railway; compiste in evers detail.

an

Many imposing figures nad played with this elaborate toy- Mussolini the King of Bulgar. Count Ciano : Horthy and the Prince Regent at Yugoslavia

WhenGermany attacked Rusia it was decided that some 1 bad to work hard photo- thing must be done show

vizitora-ambas............... Cloering..........Nobody mus- capu hle graphing tha sadors, henda of Ministries. of getting him to the front mod relations in their scores: Gooring

emperor.

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One day Generadored relations He was keen on his family tree and was always fotod: 'Moon 'Galland. '' Molderå ; trying to and out still, older and bobler, roota delving hopefully "among "uncleni swedish royal ...familles.

and Wiek among them.

They came, an various business But for three days they waited to speak to Coering. Every morning curly they came to the special tram, and every morning they were told that Goering had already gone to Paris.

Udet angry

General Udet was angry. passion in the war wha tor the fighters. He gave up all his thoughts and efforts to perunding Quering that fighters aghters. ahd Stil more fightera дега But qecessary to win the war.

I know that Udet was not the man to bang on the table.

It wna December 1940. Goering returned once more to Berlin and Kannnalt with his train over- Bowing with Christmas packages. In Karinhall there was ant like activity Everything had to be catalogued, and stored

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I was not allowed to photo panch that in order to get one graph the dinner, but it að hấp-

or two of the presents focused I tried to push out of the way a wooden chest. I could scarcely move it it was so heavy

I opened it, and discovered 14 colossal bar of pure gold. I shut the cheat in a hurry.

JAP COMES TO KARINHALL

JANUARY, February. March of 1941. Goering lived as a private family man in Karinhall. "making short visits to Berlin to bold small receptions or to listen to one of two short speeches.

On March 29 I was pleased to

Why

the method of dealing with the difficulty was abcap arid pathetic. Photo hunt

I had my share in it. I WES made to look through all my photos of Goering

Nothing pleased, the authori nes until I showed them one 1 nad taken on a country road tn. Prance of the Geld marshal standing deep in thought, his night hand in his coat pocket. nis letz holding a pipe.

I had to make an enlargement and send it along to the Berliner

Mene Daper.

SMOKING RULE BROKEN

H days later 1. stood with a news paper in my wind and there all Over the front

page sus my.. Prenen edunny road photo. neuden The Reichsmarschall on the Eastern Front.”

Though it occume the most. talked-of picture in my career. tt caused a trightful row.

When Hitler saw it he few into »'royal rake, / We nad broken the shelor rule that no leader should be pletured smoking – a báð example in German, youth, I.

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