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Joseph Goebbels

1897 - 1945

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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. 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 the Jews in the Holocaust. Goebbels, who aspired to be an author, obtained a doctorate in philology from the University of Heidelberg in 1921. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Goebbels is the 42nd most popular politician (up from 224th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Germany (up from 58th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Politician.

Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Nazi propagandist. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devoted followers, and he was a leading member of the Nazi Party. As a member of Hitler's inner circle, he was a powerful figure in the Nazi regime.

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Among politicians, Joseph Goebbels ranks 42 out of 19,576. Before him are Ulysses S. Grant, George III of the United Kingdom, Kim Il-sung, Constantine the Great, David, and Martin Van Buren. After him are Narendra Modi, Hillary Clinton, Winston Churchill, Mao Zedong, Otto von Bismarck, and Charles II of England.

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Among people born in 1897, Joseph Goebbels ranks 1. After him are Pope Paul VI, Irène Joliot-Curie, William Faulkner, Patrick Blackett, Amelia Earhart, Zakir Husain, Tadeusz Reichstein, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ivan Konev, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Thích Quảng Đức. Among people deceased in 1945, Joseph Goebbels ranks 2. Before him is Adolf Hitler. After him are Benito Mussolini, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Frank, Heinrich Himmler, Eva Braun, Béla Bartók, Martin Bormann, Anton Webern, Fedor von Bock, and Walter Model.

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Among people born in Germany, Joseph Goebbels ranks 17 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Charlemagne (748), Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Albrecht Dürer (1471), Johannes Kepler (1571), and George Frideric Handel (1685). After him are Otto von Bismarck (1815), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), Richard Wagner (1813), and Karl Benz (1844).

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Among politicians born in Germany, Joseph Goebbels ranks 2. Before him are Charlemagne (748). After him are Otto von Bismarck (1815), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), Henry Kissinger (1923), Frederick the Great (1712), Angela Merkel (1954), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Heinrich Himmler (1900), Hermann Göring (1893), and Christian IX of Denmark (1818).

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