Emmy Göring 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 , which led to her claiming the title of " First Lady of the Third Reich " . Biography . Marriages . Emmy Göring was born Emma Sonnemann in Hamburg , Germany on 24 March 1893 , to a wealthy salesman and was an actress at the National Theatre in Weimar . She became Emmy Köstlin upon her marriage to actor Karl Köstlin in late 1916 , but they later divorced . She became Emmy Göring upon her marriage to Hermann Göring on 10 April 1935 . It was also his second marriage – his Swedish first wife Carin died in October 1931 . Her daughter Edda Göring was born on 2 June 1938 ; she was reportedly named after Countess Edda Ciano , eldest child of Benito Mussolini , although other sources say she was named after a friend of her mother ' s . Hermann Göring named his country house " Carinhall " after his first wife , which was never a problem for Emmy Göring , because his hunting lodge at Rominten ( now Krasnolesye ) , the " Reichsjägerhof " , was known as " Emmyhall " . First Lady of the Third Reich . Emmy Göring served as Hitler ' s hostess at many state functions prior to World War II . This factor as well as her claim to be the " First Lady of the Third Reich " , created much animosity between herself and Hitler ' s mistress , Eva Braun , whom Emmy Göring snubbed and openly despised . This led to Hitler issuing angry instructions to Hermann Göring to demand that Emmy treat Eva with more respect ; one of the outcomes of Emmy ' s condescending attitude toward Eva was that she was no longer invited to Hitler ' s Bavarian retreat , the " Berghof " . As for Eva Braun , she allegedly never forgave Emmy for having assumed the role of " First Lady of the Reich " . As wife of one of the richest and most powerful men in Europe , Emmy Göring received much public attention , was constantly photographed , and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle well into World War II . Her husband owned mansions , estates , and castles in Austria , Germany , and Poland and was a major beneficiary of the Nazis ' confiscation of art and wealth from Jews and others deemed enemies by the Nazi regime . Her husband celebrated their daughter ' s birth by ordering 500 planes to fly over Berlin ( he stated he would have flown 1 , 000 planes as a salute for a son ) . After the end of the war , a German denazification court convicted her of being a Nazi and sentenced her to one year in jail . When she was released , 30 percent of her property was confiscated and she was banned from the stage for 5 years . By the time of her husband ' s death at Nuremberg , she and her daughter had been reduced to living in a 2 - room cottage with no running water or electricity , and she whose gowns had once required multiple closets now owned two dresses . Later years . Some years after her release from jail , Emmy Göring was able to secure a small apartment in a new building in the rebuilt city of Munich and remained there for the rest of her life . In her final years she suffered from sciatica . She wrote an autobiography , " An der Seite meines Mannes " ( 1967 ) , published in English as " My Life with Goering " in 1972 . She died in Munich in 1973 . Emmy Göring is caricatured as the character " Lotte Lindenthal " in Klaus Mann ' s novel " Mephisto : Roman einer Karriere " ( 1936 ) .