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Magda Goebbels

1901 - 1945

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Johanna Maria Magdalena Goebbels (née Ritschel; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and political supporter of Adolf Hitler. Some historians refer to her as the unofficial "first lady" of Nazi Germany, while others give that title to Emmy Göring. With defeat imminent during the Battle of Berlin at the end of World War II in Europe, she and her husband poisoned their six children with a cyanide compound before committing suicide in the Reich Chancellery gardens. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Magda Goebbels is the 64th most popular companion (down from 56th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Germany (down from 230th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Companion.

Magda Goebbels was the wife of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. She and her husband committed suicide on May 1, 1945, after Adolf Hitler's death.

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Among companions, Magda Goebbels ranks 64 out of 784. Before her are Eugénie de Montijo, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Salman the Persian, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, and Elizabeth of York. After her are Neilia Hunter Biden, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Anne of Cleves, Queen Sonja of Norway, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Désirée Clary.

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Among people born in 1901, Magda Goebbels ranks 18. Before her are Clark Gable, Linus Pauling, Leopold III of Belgium, Ngo Dinh Diem, Gary Cooper, and Princess Märtha of Sweden. After her are Paul of Greece, Ernest Lawrence, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Giacometti, André Malraux, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 1945, Magda Goebbels ranks 15. Before her are Martin Bormann, Anton Webern, Fedor von Bock, Walter Model, Thomas Hunt Morgan, and Vidkun Quisling. After her are Subhas Chandra Bose, Francis William Aston, Wilhelm Canaris, George S. Patton, Irma Grese, and Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen.

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Among people born in Germany, Magda Goebbels ranks 244 out of 7,253. Before her are Alois Alzheimer (1864), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), and Eckhart Tolle (1948). After her are J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Klaus Barbie (1913), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), and Alexander Van der Bellen (1944).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Magda Goebbels ranks 5. Before her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Eva Braun (1912), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), and Caroline of Ansbach (1683). After her are Anne of Cleves (1515), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Katharina von Bora (1498), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868).

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