Hermann Goering in Prison, 1946 Hitler’s deputy and the head of the Gestapo and German Nazi airforce, the Luftwaffe, Hermann Wilhelm Goering (1893-1946), in his cell during the Nuremberg Trials of 1946, at which he was condemned to death. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images