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May 8, 2024 · Joseph Goebbels, 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.
Paul Joseph Goebbels (German: [ˈpaʊ̯l ˈjoːzɛf ˈɡœbl̩s] ⓘ; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) 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 1933 to 1945.
- District Leader of the Nazi Party in Berlin 1926-1945. Goebbels’ organizational talent, deft use of propaganda techniques, and tireless work ethic brought him to the attention of the Nazi Party’s leader, Adolf Hitler.
- Reich Propaganda Leader of the Nazi Party, 1929-1945. Hitler was so impressed with Goebbels’ mastery of modern propaganda techniques that he appointed him Reich leader of propaganda for the Nazi Party in 1929.
- Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment March 13, 1933-1945. President von Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany in a coalition government with the German Nationalists and non-partisan professionals from the administration.
- Goebbels as Plenipotentiary for the War Economy, 1944-45. At the same time, Goebbels sought to keep morale high, especially when the war turned against Germany in the winter of 1942/1943.
Joseph Goebbels. A German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party. After joining the Nazi Party in 1924, he became the Gauleiter for Berlin in 1926. In 1933, following the Nazis rise to power, he became Minister of Propaganda.
The German politician Joseph Paul Goebbels (1897-1945) directed the extensive system of propaganda in Nazi Germany. Joseph Goebbels was born on Oct. 29, 1897, in the Rhenish textile city of Rheydt, the son of a pious Catholic bookkeeper of modest means.
Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945.
Goebbels's most important contribution to the Third Reich was his role in the development and dissemination of a pseudo-religious cult worshiping Hitler. According to this Hitler myth, Hitler—the personification of the German Volk, or people—was responsible for Germany's economic successes and its diplomatic and military victories during ...
