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Joseph Goebbels

German propagandist
Also known as: Paul Joseph Goebbels
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Helmut Heiber
Assistant, Institute for Contemporary History, Munich. Author of Joseph Goebbels and others.
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Joseph Goebbels (born October 29, 1897, Rheydt, Germany—died May 1, 1945, Berlin) was the minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. A master orator and propagandist, he is generally accounted responsible for presenting a favorable image of the Nazi regime to the German people. Following Hitler’s suicide, Goebbels served as chancellor of Germany for a single day before he and his wife, Magda Goebbels, had their six children poisoned and then...

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