was the day that Hitler would be released from Landsberg: be-
cause then, he was sure, Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, would be
published, and Hitler would become rich enough to repay to
them what they had sunk into the party. “Hitler won’t leave us
in the lurch,” wrote Carin that day. “Not us who have sacrificed
everything for him and the fatherland.” But Hitler remained in
jail. From Olga and Paula Göring Hermann received these lines:
“You can live with us as long as you wish. That would be the
greatest joy you could give us.” But he knew that his sisters were
poorer than himself. His eyes were still on Sweden; a leading
airplane manufacturer had asked him to mail his résumé, and he
was dealing with Carl Flormann, the Swedish air pioneer who
had just formed an aviation company called A. B. Aerotransport
in Stockholm.
Carin’s father begged her in a harshly worded letter not,
for God’s sake, to return to Sweden without a firm job for
Hermann. She kept the letter to herself and told her husband
only of the little money that she had received from her mama
that day. She thanked her mother immediately.
All that we had was used up over a week ago. We have
gone through such hard times lately. I cannot tell you
how it was. Never in this life was it so hard to exist in
spite of all the happiness I have with my darling
Hermann.... If I didn’t have him, I could never have
stood it all.... He always consoles me when I whine.
Hitler can do nothing. He himself is penniless and
everything that the party had was confiscated every
stick of furniture, every automobile, the lot!... For a
long time I have had deep down a very positive feel-
ing that God will help us, he won’t forget us. But
sometimes life is difficult!!!Unable to afford a ticket to anywhere, the Görings were trapped