Herbert Hoover and Mahatma Gandhi - New Delhi, India - April 24, 1930

 

 Australian Surfers on a beach in Sidney, 1931.











 Noted American criminal Bill Miner, 1906

 

 ‘How To Save A Life’ was a lifeguard class at Howard University early 1940s.





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 Feminist protestor removes her bra at a demonstration outside a department store in San Francisco, California on 1 August 1969



Hermann Goering’s Anti-Nazi Little Brother and Savior of Many.


 I spit upon Adolf Hitler! I spit upon my brother! And I spit upon the entire National Socialist regime!”

—Albert Goering
Perhaps one of the most infamous names of Word War II and Nazi Germany, Hermann Goering was Reichsmarshall of the Third Reich, head of the Luftwaffe (air force), and second in command under Adolf Hitler.  One of the most ruthless Nazi’s in history, he was responsible for the Holocaust and numerous war crimes.  It is a shame that his names should be remembered (albeit in a negative light) while his little brother is all but forgotten, ignored, or unknown to most.
Albert Goering was the younger brother of Hermann Goering, however he led his life in a completely different path than his kin.  Whereas Hermann was a staunch National Socialist who rose to the upper echelons of Hitler’s regime, Albert was vehemently anti-Nazi, and used his position to oppose Nazism in any way he could. Throughout World War II, Albert used his family name to rescue many Jews, dissidents, and any other people who were on Hitler’s death list.   Whenever he was caught by the Gestapo (secret police), he would use his brother’s influence to secure his release. After all, it would be quite a scandal if it was revealed that the Reichsmarshall’s brother was anti-Nazi who helped Jews escape the Third Reich. In one incident SS thugs raided a Jewish owned paint shop, forcing the elderly mother of the owner to sit at the entrance wearing a sign saying, “I am a filthy Jew”. Goering pushed his way through a jeering mob and removed the sign.  When the SS tried to stop him, he merely showed his identification, and they left him alone.
One sly way he would have victims of the Nazi’s saved was to create “official” documents ordering the release of said person.  These orders were typed on Goering family stationary and signed simply “Goering”.  Most who received the order believed they were orders from Hermann Goering himself, and thus obeyed the order. The height of Albert’s resistance against the Nazi’s occurred in 1943 when he was made chief export officer at the Skoda Works factory in Prague.  Albert used his position to smuggle weapons and money to the Czech Resistance, set up Swiss bank accounts for the people he rescued, and rescued many more.  In a few incidents, he request Jewish workers from local death camps and concentration camps.  Loading them up in trucks, he would them drive them to a secluded location, then set them free.
Unfortunately no good deed goes unpunished. After the war he was arrested by the Allies and charged with war crimes merely for sharing the Goering name.  Originally he was slated to be charged during the Nuremburg Trials, but after a year of imprisonment he was released after those he saved testified on his behalf.  He was then imprisoned in Czechoslovakia for war crimes.  He was released in 1947 when once again those he rescued, as well as Czech Resistance members petitioned the government to set him free. For the rest of his life Albert was unable to make a decent living as his name barred him from gainful employment.  He sunk into a life of alcoholism and depression, dying a pauper in 1966.  Today his name still evokes controversy.  Recent requests for him to be awarded the title "Righteous Among Nations" have stirred debate among the Israeli Government and Holocaust organizations. 
(via peashooter85)