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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 February 2025. Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945) "Goebbels" redirects here. For other uses, see Goebbels (disambiguation). Reichsleiter Joseph Goebbels Goebbels in 1933 Chancellor of Germany In office 30 April – 1 May 1945 President Karl Dönitz Preceded by Adolf Hitler Succeeded ...
(Paul) Joseph Goebbels – One of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, known for zealous oratory and antisemitism. Reichsleiter, Gauleiter of Gau Berlin, and Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda throughout Nazi Germany, he became Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War and Stadtpräsident of Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. The main article for this category is Joseph Goebbels .
Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels led the persecution of Catholic clergy in Germany. [62] Heinrich Himmler (left) and Reinhard Heydrich, heads of the Nazi security forces, were vehemently anti-Catholic. Martin Bormann, Hitler's private secretary, was a leading proponent of anti-clericalism. Nazi ideologue Alfred Rosenberg despised ...
The Sportpalast speech (German: Sportpalastrede) or Total War speech was a speech delivered by German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels at the Berlin Sportpalast to a large, carefully selected audience on 18 February 1943, as the tide of World War II was turning against Nazi Germany and its Axis allies.
On 25 March 1933 Goebbels explained the future function of the Ministry of Propaganda to broadcasting company directors: "The Ministry has the task of carrying out an intellectual mobilization in Germany. In the field of the spirit it is thus the same as the Ministry of Defense in the field of security.
Rumours about the Night of the Long Knives rapidly spread. Although many Germans approached the official news of the events as described by Joseph Goebbels with a great deal of scepticism, many others took the regime at its word, and believed that Hitler had saved Germany from a descent into chaos.
Goebbels included about 640 motion picture actors, writers and directors on an extended version of the list. They were to be protected as part of his propaganda film efforts, which persisted through the end of the war (and culminating in the expensive final UFA production Kolberg , released in January 1945).