40 Facts About Goebels

Goebels was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted acolytes, known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views.

Goebels advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.

Goebels joined the Nazi Party in 1924, and worked with Gregor Strasser in its northern branch.

Goebels 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.

Goebels was particularly adept at using the relatively new media of radio and film for propaganda purposes.

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Goebels's father Fritz was a German factory clerk; his mother Katharina Maria was born to Dutch and German parents in a Dutch village close to the border with Germany.

Goebels had a deformed right foot that turned inwards, due to a congenital disorder.

Goebels was rejected for military service in World War I because of this deformity.

Goebels was the top student of his class and was given the traditional honour to speak at the awards ceremony.

Goebels studied literature and history at the universities of Bonn, Wurzburg, Freiburg, and Munich, aided by a scholarship from the Albertus Magnus Society.

Goebels's went on to Wurzburg to continue school, as did Goebbels.

Goebels had hoped to write his thesis under the supervision of Friedrich Gundolf, a literary historian.

Goebels found work as a journalist and was published in the local newspaper.

Goebels's writing during that time reflected his growing antisemitism and dislike for modern culture.

Goebels continued for several years to try to become a published author.

Goebels was dismissed from the bank in August 1923 and returned to Rheydt.

Goebels joined the Nazi Party around this time, becoming member number 8762.

Goebels was put to work as party speaker and representative for Rhineland-Westphalia.

Goebels has thought through everything, " "Such a sparkling mind can be my leader.

Goebels was quick to fall in love, but easily tired of a relationship and moved on to someone new.

Goebels proposed a new German society based on race and national unity.

Goebels's worked as a volunteer in the party offices in Berlin, helping Goebbels organise his private papers.

Goebels undertook numerous speaking tours during these election campaigns and had some of their speeches published on gramophone records and as pamphlets.

Goebels would suddenly change direction and shift his support between senior associates; he was a difficult boss and liked to berate his staff in public.

Goebels began to see the Jews as a destructive force with a negative impact on German society.

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Goebels described Himmler's ideology as "in many regards, mad" and thought Alfred Rosenberg's theories were ridiculous.

Goebels was aware throughout that the Jews were being exterminated, and completely supported this decision.

Goebels was one of the few top Nazi officials to do so publicly.

Goebels privately held doubts about the wisdom of risking a protracted war against Britain and France by attacking Poland.

Goebels found films to be his most effective propaganda medium, after radio.

Goebels believed that the more the people at home were involved in the war effort, the better their morale would be.

Goebels's next speech, the Sportpalast speech of 18 February 1943, was a passionate demand for his audience to commit to total war, which he presented as the only way to stop the Bolshevik onslaught and save the German people from destruction.

Goebels suffered a series of setbacks as propaganda became less important compared to warfare, the war economy, and the Allied bombing of German cities.

Goebels tentatively discussed with Hitler the issue of making peace overtures to the western allies, but Hitler again refused.

Goebels's family moved into their house in Berlin to await the end.

Goebels knew how the outside world would view the criminal acts committed by the regime and had no desire to subject himself to the "debacle" of a trial.

Goebels told Vice-Admiral Hans-Erich Voss that he would not entertain the idea of either surrender or escape.

Goebels felt compelled to remain with Hitler "for reasons of humanity and personal loyalty".

Goebels enjoyed staying at the Goebbelses' Berlin apartment, where he could relax.

Goebels's became an unofficial representative of the regime, receiving letters from all over Germany from women with questions about domestic matters or child custody issues.