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Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (–)
"Goebbels" redirects here. For other uses, see Goebbels (disambiguation).
Paul Joseph Goebbels (German:[ˈpaʊ̯lˈjoːzɛfˈɡœbl̩s]ⓘ; 29 October &#;– 1 May ) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from to He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted followers, known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.
Goebbels, who aspired to be an author, obtained a doctorate in philology from the University of Heidelberg in He joined the Nazi Party in , and worked with Gregor Strasser in its northern branch. He was appointed Gauleiter of Berlin in , where he began to take an interest in the us
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Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels was a National Socialist politician and propagandist. He held several roles in the Nazi Party. He served as Nazi Party chief for Greater Berlin from until From until he was head of propaganda (Reichspropagandaleiter) for the Nazi Party. In , Adolf Hitler appointed Goebbels Reich Minister for Propaganda and Public Enlightenment, a position he held until Goebbels was an unconditional follower of Hitler and a radical antisemite.
Goebbels was born in in Rheydt, Germany, in the Rhineland to a strict långnovell Catholic family. He attended primary and secondary school in Rheydt and attended various German universities. When World War I broke out in August , the German army rejected him for military service because Goebbels had a club foot which hindered his ability to walk.
Goebbels obtained a doctorate in German literature from the University of Heidelberg in He worked as a writer, reporter, and clerk before joining the Nazi Party in That year, Goebbels
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Goebbels Diaries
Collection of writings by Joseph Goebbels
The Goebbels Diaries are a collection of writings by Joseph Goebbels, a leading member of the Nazi Party and the Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda in Adolf Hitler's government from to The diaries, which have only recently been published in full in German and are available only in part in English, are a major source for the inner history of the Nazi Party and of its twelve years in power in Germany. The British historian Ian Kershaw wrote in the preface to his biography of Hitler: "For all the caution which must naturally be attached to Goebbels's regularly reported remarks by Hitler&#; the immediacy as well as the frequency of the comments makes them a vitally important source of insight into Hitler's thinking and action."
History
[edit]Goebbels began to keep a diary in October , shortly before his 26th birthday, while unemployed and living in his parents' home at Rheydt in the Lower Rhine regio