 In 1938, however, under Nazi rule, the government forced Fromm to sell his factories for 116,000 Reichsmark, a fraction of their real value, to Baroness Elisabeth von Epenstein, Hermann Göring's godmother.In return Epenstein gave two castles, Veldenstein and Mauterndorf, to Göring.A year later he emigrated to London, where he died on 12 May 1945.