Berlin Games by Guy Walters

Author:Guy Walters
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780061969362
Publisher: HarperCollins

After the meal was over, Goering, white-uniformed, bemedaled, and gold-braided, escorted me to a side table, where he opened a photograph album. ‘Here are our first seventy,’ he said, turning the pages. Each page contained a picture of a military airfield. From the inspection trips I had made through German factories, I knew warplanes were being built to fill those fields.

As well as showing off his airfields, Goering was also said to have shown Lindbergh his latest lion cub. Goering was inordinately fond of cubs, although when they reached maturity they had to be returned to the zoo. Goering led Lindbergh by the arm down to the basement, where the American patted the cub without flinching, a display of fearlessness that impressed Goering enough to invite Lindbergh hunting. According to another account, Goering then cuddled the cub, whereupon it decided to relieve itself all over the Reichsmarschall’s bemedalled tunic. Goering’s behaviour did not dissuade Lindbergh from meeting the head of the Luftwaffe once more. The venue for their next encounter would be in Goering’s box at the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the XIth Olympiad.

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