Nazi leader Hermann Goering's £15m house for sale as property 'jewel' sparks outrage
Anti Nazi activists have attacked the sale of the £15m house of evil Nazi leader Hermann Goering after it was described as a 'property jewel'.
The way the seaside mansion, which once belonged to Hitler's right hand man, is being marketed has been described as 'disgusting' and 'outrageous.' The estate agent makes no mention of how the owner was one of the Holocaust's chief architects, and the man Hitler chose to be his successor. Instead the listing focuses on how Goering affectionately referred to this summer hideaway as 'Min Lütten' – German for 'My Little One'. The sale of Goering's house comes just days after the Mirror revealed some of his intimate letters were being auctioned.
Trade unionist and author Hans-Christian Lange who spearheaded the campaign for a Holocaust memorial in Berlin said: 'It is outrageous that a property that belonged to a man who did such evil - who was a chief architect of The Holocaust - is now just being presented as a lovely seaside property for the wealthy to just buy up and enjoy. We are seeing this again and it is deeply disgusting. Right now even have wealthy elites eying up luxury 'doomsday city' apartments being built within tunnels where the Nazis forced innocent prisoners to build V2 rockets at a Buchenwald sub-camp, in inhuman conditions.
'So whether it is the sale of Goering's letters or his mansion getaway, or building luxury apartment on the site of a former concentration camp, all this just desecrates the past and is a gross insult to the victims of the Holocaust.'
The thatched beach villa complex was built in 1937 in the northern resort of Sylt. The 200 square metre house has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and estate agents are gushing about the 'idyllic setting' and 'historic charm.'
And they wax lyrical on how the property has a quaint sun terrace where Goering enjoyed the relaxing view of the dunes as he sipped cocktails. Goering was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945. He also served as Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe, a position he held until the final days of the regime.
After the war, Goering was convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes against peace and conspiracy at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He requested at trial an execution by firing squad, but was denied; instead he was sentenced to death by hanging. He committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill the night before his scheduled execution.
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