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Joseph Goebbels

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Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German 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 until his suicide in 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted followers, known for his skills in public speaking and his virulent antisemitism which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of Jews and other groups in the Holocaust. Born in Rheydt, Goebbels aspired to be an author and obtained a doctorate in philology from the University of Heidelberg in 1922. He joined the Nazi Party in 1924 and worked with Gregor Strasser in its northern branch. He was appointed Gauleiter of Berlin in 1926, where he began to take an interest in the use of propaganda to promote the party and its programme. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Goebbels's Propaganda Ministry quickly gained control over the news media, arts and information in Nazi Germany. He was particularly adept at using the relatively new media of radio and film for propaganda purposes. Topics for party propaganda included antisemitism, attacks on Christian churches, and (after the start of the Second World War) attempts to shape morale. In 1943, Goebbels began to pressure Hitler to introduce measures that would produce "total war", including closing businesses not essential to the war effort, conscripting women into the labour force, and enlisting men in previously exempt occupations into the Wehrmacht. Hitler finally appointed him as Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War on 23 July 1944, whereby Goebbels undertook largely unsuccessful measures to increase the number of people available for armaments manufacture and the Wehrmacht. As the war drew to a close and Germany faced defeat, Magda Goebbels and the Goebbels children joined Hitler in Berlin. They moved into the underground Vorbunker, part of Hitler's underground bunker complex, on 22 April 1945. Hitler committed suicide on 30 April. In accordance with Hitler's will, Goebbels succeeded him as Chancellor of Germany; he served one day in this post. The following day, Goebbels and his wife, Magda, committed suicide, after having poisoned their six children with a cyanide compound.

Infobox

President
Karl Dönitz
Preceded by
Ernst Schlange
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
Führer
Adolf Hitler
mw- 1944–1945
Commander of the Volkssturm in Gau Berlin
1944–1945
Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War
1933–1945
Member of the Greater German Reichstag
1928–1933
Member of the Reichstag
Born
Paul Joseph Goebbels(1897-10-29)29 October 1897Rheydt, Germany
Died
1 May 1945(1945-05-01) (aged 47)Berlin, Germany
Cause of death
Cyanide poisoning or gunshot wound (suicide)
Political party
Nazi Party (from 1924)
Spouse
mw- Magda Ritschel (m. 1931)
Children
6
Education
mw- University of Bonn University of Würzburg University of Freiburg University of Munich University of Heidelberg (PhD)
Occupation
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Party
Nazi Party (from 1924)

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Preceded byErnst Schlange
Preceded byErnst Schlange
Party political offices
Preceded byErnst Schlange
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Gauleiter of Berlin 26 October 1926–1 May 1945
Party political offices
Position abolished
Political offices
Political offices
Party political offices
Political offices
Position established
Position established
Party political offices
Position established
Party political offices
Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda 14 March 1933–30 April 1945
Party political offices
Succeeded byWerner Naumann
Preceded byLudwig Steeg
Preceded byLudwig Steeg
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Preceded byLudwig Steeg
Party political offices
Stadtpräsident of Berlin 7 April 1944–1 May 1945
Party political offices
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Position established
Position established
Party political offices
Position established
Party political offices
Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War 23 July 1944—1 May 1945
Party political offices
Succeeded byNone
Preceded byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byAdolf Hitler
Party political offices
Preceded byAdolf Hitler
Party political offices
Chancellor of Germany 30 April 1945—1 May 1945
Party political offices
Succeeded byLutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
Military offices
Military offices
Party political offices
Military offices
Preceded byNone
Preceded byNone
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Preceded byNone
Party political offices
Commander of the Volkssturm in Gau Berlin 25 September 1944—1 May 1945
Party political offices
Succeeded byNone
Sporting positions
Sporting positions
Party political offices
Sporting positions
Preceded by Godfrey Dewey
Preceded by Godfrey Dewey
Party political offices
Preceded by Godfrey Dewey
Party political offices
President of Organizing Committee for Winter Olympic Games 1936
Party political offices
Succeeded by Alfred Schläppi &Heinrich Schläppi
Preceded by George Bryant
Preceded by George Bryant
Party political offices
Preceded by George Bryant
Party political offices
President of Organizing Committee for Summer Olympic Games(with Karl Ritter von Halt) 1936
Party political offices
Succeeded by Lord Burghley
Party political offices
Preceded byErnst Schlange
Gauleiter of Berlin 26 October 1926–1 May 1945
Position abolished
Political offices
Position established
Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda 14 March 1933–30 April 1945
Succeeded byWerner Naumann
Preceded byLudwig Steeg
Stadtpräsident of Berlin 7 April 1944–1 May 1945
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Position established
Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War 23 July 1944—1 May 1945
Succeeded byNone
Preceded byAdolf Hitler
Chancellor of Germany 30 April 1945—1 May 1945
Succeeded byLutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
Military offices
Preceded byNone
Commander of the Volkssturm in Gau Berlin 25 September 1944—1 May 1945
Succeeded byNone
Sporting positions
Preceded by Godfrey Dewey
President of Organizing Committee for Winter Olympic Games 1936
Succeeded by Alfred Schläppi &Heinrich Schläppi
Preceded by George Bryant
President of Organizing Committee for Summer Olympic Games(with Karl Ritter von Halt) 1936
Succeeded by Lord Burghley

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