Russell Crowe's portrayal of Hermann Goering in the new film Nuremberg has rightly been hailed by critics. But, according to a previously unpublished letter the Nazi henchman sent to his wife, there is one aspect of Crowe's depiction that is not quite right: his weight. Whilst Crowe ballooned to nearly 20st as he acted as Adolf Hitler's deputy, Goering - who was so fat after he was captured that the chair in his cell broke when he sat on it - actually shed the pounds as he awaited trial for war crimes. In the newly seen letter, written in German...
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