How was Hermann Göring captured?
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By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Hermann Göring had so fallen from favor that he was no longer the Führer’s apparent successor. Instead of remaining in Berlin with other members of Hitler’s inner circle, he fled to the relative safety of the Austrian Alps, and it was there that he contacted the advancing Americans. Göring was taken into Allied custody by Brig. Gen. Robert Stack of the 36th Infantry Division on May 8 (V-E Day) and held at Fischhorn Castle, south ofZell am See. The following day he was taken to division headquarters inKitzbuhel and then flown to Germany, where he would ultimately stand trial forwar crimes.