Göring makes his escape on the yacht Carin II

He might have had access to considerable sums of money in Switzerland or perhaps other countries ? I could see him trying to at least bribe the Swedish authorities into putting him on trial in Sweden and not executing him. I doubt this plan would have worked in his favour.

How, exactly, is he even going to be able to get to Switzerland to get any money he might have there?
 
How, exactly, is he even going to be able to get to Switzerland to get any money he might have there?
He sails in his yacht across the Baltic from Kiel to Sweden. I don't believe it is is certain he will be able to make the trip but I don't think it is entirely impossible either. I seem to recall the Germans were able to operate surface warships in the Baltic until the end of world war 2. It doesn't seem entirely out of the question to me for his yacht to make the trip. Maybe the voyage is timed to coincide with other naval operations in the Baltic that distract the allies.

Some air cover from the last remnants of the Luftwaffe isn't entirely out of the question either. One small yacht might make it. Presumably when he gets to Sweden he can provide account numbers and other information that others can use to access money on his behalf ?

In reality I suspect he would have a better chance of making the trip by air but I am trying to play along for the sake of this thread :)
 
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Presumably when he gets to Sweden he can provide account numbers and other information that others can use to access money on his behalf ?

No doubt he won't be watched to make sure that doesn't happen nor is said person going to be tempted to simply steal the money for himself since Goering is pretty much doomed. :rolleyes:
 
No doubt he won't be watched to make sure that doesn't happen nor is said person going to be tempted to simply steal the money for himself since Goering is pretty much doomed. :rolleyes:
I suppose it would depend on his success or failure in bribing the right people. I doubt this plan would work our well for Goering.

Conceivably his yacht could also carry a reasonable ammount of precious metal and currency.
 
I think the big question is: does Göring speak Swedish?
If he does, he has a big chance of going underground, if he plans well. This is the 40s, less need for papers, and the Swedish coast is full of small boat harbors without police presence.
It's doable, it's not easy, and I think the pompous personality of Göring is not really suited for this plan.
 
Goering wouldn't have even tried to make that run. We're talking Goering here. The last time he had to go on a run was during the Beer Hall Putsch, and he was much younger than and far less delusional. 1945 Goering does not think he did anything wrong. "Hiding is for those bastards with runes on their collar tabs, my conscience is clear. Oh, sure, mistakes were made, dear chaps, and yes, yes, there were unpleasantries on the Eastern Front, but I mean, really, we're talking Ivans here, not real people, eh, and besides, that was Himmler's boys and - and you did not hear this from me - some of the lads in the army did some, uh, things you would not want to read in the papers as well. But I ran the Air Force - we were clean. Show me one Red Cross I bombed! Show me! Anyway, enough of that. Here is my ceremonial sword. What's for lunch?"

Also, from pure mechanics of it, how does Goering hide? We're not talking some faceless functionary here. We're talking the second most famous Nazi. He'd be the first to tell you that part as well. And as I said, there's the personality. Goering cannot simply grow a mustache, drop some weight and spend the rest of his life calling himself Frederick Miller, the friendly cabbage farmer down the road. He'd rather chug fox feces than pretend to be another man.

It hurt Goering's bones to have to mend fences with Hitler late in the war and debase himself by saying cringe-inducing things such as "When I speak, it is not I who speaks, but Hitler speaking through me" so it would get reported back to Hitler that he is loyal. Towards the end of the war, he resorted to having minutes of Hitler's many, many monologues during the war time discussions be given to him, so he could verbatim repeat Hitler's points to further prove his loyalty. It near broke him. And now, free from the shackles of the only person greater than him that he can acknowledge, he's going to hide under an assumed identity? "Why? The Leader is dead. The pretenders to the throne had the decency to off themselves. I am the Nazi Movement! Who better to take up the mantle of leadership and settle things with the Allies and ensure a proper accounting is done? Name one person! I dare you! Let us not pretend Ribbentrop can speak on the same level as I. All knew I ran the foreign policy. Rosenberg speaks for nobody but the voices in his head. The Army does what we tell them. Speer is a nice enough fellow I suppose, a good order taker. As for the rest? I mean, really, Robert Ley? Or that pathetic creature Streicher? Oh, very good, some Admiral got named the Leader at last second. But come now, this is not a serious discussion. I am the living embodiment of the Party and the State. Ask me anything."
 
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