Hermann Göring's Special Train
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The definitive story of Hermann Göring's special armoured train codenamed 'Asien', its make-up, operation and fate.
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Hermann once proposed that locomotives could be made of concrete to save important strategic materials. Albert Speer wrote about this in his memoirs. He also wrote that it was evident that Hermann was high at the time.
"Orient Express of Totalitarian Transport" - I actually laughed out loud, thank you Dr. Felton.
How could the Nazis survive in such poverty?
He looks like he drives an ice cream van .
In 70 years I can imagine someone watching a documentary about one of the many super yachts of Putin or those of his inner circle. "Shrouded in secrecy, they once roamed the world from one exotic port to another. Monaco, Saint Tropez, Saint Barths... then after the outbreak of war, on to their final home: The Russian naval port of Vladivostok. Where, much like the Russian navy, they rotted away after falling into disrepair."
Göring: I didn't choose the zug life. The zug life chose me.
Three of Goeringâs carriages were used by Eric Clapton to tour West Germany with his band in the late 70s. They were regularly used by visiting rock bands touring the country until the 80s.
âHe who dies with the most toys winsâ. Goring...Iâm sure.
There was a serious war going on and Goring was mostly concerned about hoarding art work and trinkets. Pretty embarrassing tbh.
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Hermann Göring, Hoarder. We need a TV show for that.
Polite correction : Goering's Hunting Lodge, the Reichsjaegerhof, was situated in the Rominten Forest in East Prussia, and is now in the russian part of that province. The nearest railhead was/is Tolmingkehmen (after 1938 Tollmingen, when all places with "Nicht deutschklingendenortsnamen" were re-named with "german" names, e.g. Stallupoenen became Ebenrode), which at the time was a Bahnknotenpunkt (Junction), but now has only a single track, mostly disused, line. A good description of life in the Reichsjaegerhof, and in war-time East Prussia, generally, can be found in the novel "The Erl-King" by Michel Tournier.
"...each having armoured ceilings, sides and floors that caused them to weigh 60 tons..."
Its just insane the mount of stuff Goring had.
Would love to see an episode about Görings time in Sweden when he was married to Karin Göring, and also hospitalised for his drug addiction!
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Supposedly Churchill was given several of Goeringâs model railroad items (mostly Marklin) although Sir Winston was much more of a toy soldier enthusiast. I was told this by a former USAF sergeant stationed in Germany where there was an elaborate on-base model railroad layout frequented by Luftwaffe and the occasional RAF rail buff. Goering collected unique specialty and high-end railroad items (unlike the typical U.S. or U.K. modeler) and what was left was quickly looted by people who knew these werenât toys. Proving the provenance on these looted items is nearly impossible though.
Just in case anyone's wondering what happened to his toy train collection (Made by Maerklin, who are still in business today) that's another mystery.