Hermann Gring gave command of the Gestapo to Rudolf Hess.
 Gring demanded that the prisoners should be shot, but Rudolf Diels, head of the Prussian political police, ignored the order
 Upon being named Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan in 1936, Gring was entrusted with the task of mobilizing all sectors of the economy for war, an assignment which brought numerous government agencies under his control

