Joseph Goebbels

    Joseph Goebbels

    October 29, 1897 (127 years old) in Rheydt, Germany

    Paul Joseph Goebbels (German: [หˆpaสŠฬฏl หˆjoหzษ›f หˆษกล“blฬฉs]; 29 October 1897 โ€“ 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 deeply virulent antisemitism which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.

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