Göring telegram
Copy printed at the Führerbunker | |
| Created | 23 April 1945 |
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| Author(s) | Hermann Göring |
| Media type | Telegram |
| Purpose | To inform Hitler that Göring was prepared to take command of the Greater German Reich should Hitler relinquish it |
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| de:Göring an Hitler über dessen Nachfolge-Erlass at Wikisource | |
The Göring telegram was a message sent by Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe and Adolf Hitler's designated successor as leader of Nazi Germany, that asked for permission to assume leadership of the crumbling regime on 23 April 1945. The telegram caused an infuriated Hitler to immediately strip Göring of power and to appoint new successors, Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz, as chancellor and head of state, respectively.