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  • NAME: Joseph Goebbels
  • OCCUPATION: Political Leader
  • BIRTH DATE: October 29, 1897
  • DEATH DATE: May 01, 1945
  • EDUCATION: Heidelberg University
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Rheydt, Germany
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Berlin, Germany
  • Full Name: Paul Joseph Goebbels
  • AKA: Joseph Göbels

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Joseph Goebbels was minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. He presented a favorable image of the Nazi regime to the Germans.


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Joseph Goebbels was born October 29, 1897 in Rheydt, Germany. Minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich, he is generally accounted responsible for presenting a favorable image of the Nazi regime to the Germans. Following Hitler's suicide, Goebbels served as chancellor of Germany for a single day before he and his wife, Magda Goebbels, poisoned their six children and took their own lives.

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