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Ing Friedrich (Fritz) Görnnert (18 March 1907 – 1 May 1984) was Ministerial Counsellor (personal assistant) to Hermann Göring from January 1937 until the capture of Göring in 1945. He had previously been assistant to Professor Töpfer, who held the chair of aircraft construction at
Ing Friedrich (Fritz) Görnnert (18 March 1907 – 1 May 1984) was Ministerial Counsellor (personal assistant) to Hermann Göring from January 1937 until the capture of Göring in 1945. He had previously been assistant to Professor Töpfer, who held the chair of aircraft construction at Karlsruhe University
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Early life
Görnnert was born inKarlsruhe
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in 1907, where he also died. He studied mathematics and sciences at the University Of Heidelberg
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, 1927 to 1928, and machine-construction and aircraft-construction at the Technical College of Karlsruhe from 1928 to 1933.
Nazi Party
He joined theNazi Party
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in 1931 as a student member, number 411,588.''The Nuremberg Medical Trial, 1946/47: transcripts, material of the prosecution and defense, related documents : guide to the microfiche-edition, Volume 2.'' K.G. Saur, p. 213. He joined the SA (Sturmabteilung) in 1933 and the Luftwaffe
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...
in 1940. He became assistant to Göring in 1937. He remained in that position until Göring was captured at the end of the Second World War in 1945. He was detained by the Allies
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until 1947 and was not charged with war crimes.
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20091029024654/http://geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/Beamten/GOERNNERT_FRIEDRICH.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20141223005706/http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm66.pl?f=NR_LOT&c=7363&t=temartic_R_GB&db=kat66_r.txt 1907 births Hermann Göring Nazi Party members 1984 deaths Engineers from Karlsruhe Sturmabteilung personnel Luftwaffe personnel of World War II {{Germany-bio-stub