Emmy Göring
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German actress, art collector (1893-1973)
Key facts
- Born
- Emma Johanna Henny Sonnemann , 24 March 1893, Hamburg , German Empire
- Died
- 8 June 1973 (aged 80), Munich , Bavaria , West Germany
- Resting place
- Munich Waldfriedhof
- Occupation
- Actress
- Known for
- Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring's second wife
- Spouses
- Karl Köstlin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1926 ) Hermann Göring ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 ; died 1946 )
- Children
- Edda Göring
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Munich
- Spouse
- Hermann Göring
- Child
- Edda Göring
- Occupation
- art collector
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0309-506, Eröffnung des Deutsch-Polnischen Instituts cropped.jpg
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- birth name
- Emma Johanna Henny Sonnemann
- Commons category
- Emmy Göring
- date of birth
- 1893-03-24
- date of death
- 1973-06-08
- name in native language
- Emmy Göring
- place of burial
- Munich Forest Cemetery
- married name
- Emmy Köstlin
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- DOS-2
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Encyclopedic overview
Emma Johanna Henny "Emmy" Göring (née Sonnemann; 24 March 1893 – 8 June 1973) was a German actress and the second wife of Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring. She served as Adolf Hitler's hostess at many state functions and thereby staked a claim to the title of "First Lady of the Third Reich", a title also sometimes conferred upon Magda Goebbels.
Early life
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