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[Goering posed with his pet lion, Mucki] – Vintage Print

[Goering posed with his pet lion, Mucki], [1936 April 5] — historic photograph
[Goering posed with his pet lion, Mucki], [1936 April 5]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Goering posed with his pet lion, Mucki]

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Here Hermann Göring poses with Mucki, a lion cub he kept as a pet, in a photograph dated April 5, 1936. Göring, who had risen to become one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and head of the new Luftwaffe, was known for his fondness for hunting and for keeping animals, and images like this one showed a warmer, more personal side of a figure otherwise associated with the regime's military and political machinery. The picture is a useful reminder of how carefully official photography presented leading Nazis to the public during the 1930s.

Created / published[1936 April 5]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
SubjectsGöring, Hermann,--1893-1946--Animals & pets. Lions--1930-1940. Baby animals--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,099 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147646

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