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Joseph Goebbels | |
|---|---|
 Official Portrait, 1933 | |
| Chancellor of Germany | |
| In office 30 April 1945 – 1 May 1945 | |
| President | Karl Dönitz |
| Preceded by | Adolf Hitler |
| Succeeded by | None (Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk became Leading Minister) |
| Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda | |
| In office 13 March 1933 – 30 April 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Werner Naumann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 29, 1897 Rheydt, Prussia, Germany |
| Died | 1 May 1945 (aged 47) Berlin, Germany |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
| Spouse(s) | Magda Goebbels |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn University of Würzburg University of Freiburg University of Heidelberg |
| Occupation | Politician, Journalist |
Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation: IPA: ['gœbl̩s], often called Dr. Goebbels; 29 October 1897 in Mönchengladbach – 1 May 1945 in Berlin) was a German politician and the minister of propaganda during the Nazi regime. He studied literature and philosophy at the Heidelberg university.[source?]
He was a close friend of Adolf Hitler. Goebbels stayed with Hitler in the Führerbunker until Hitler's suicide on 30 April 1945. After Hitler's death, Goebbels was chancellor of Germany for one day,[1] before he and his wife Magda Goebbels killed themselves.[2] Just before she died, Magda killed their six children with poison.[3]
- ↑ "Goebbel's biography". history times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
- ↑ "Goebbels' life story". The Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ↑ Beevor, Antony (2003) [2002]. "Chapter 25: Reich Chancellery and Reichstag". Berlin: The Downfall 1945. Penguin History. London: Penguin Books. p. 380. ISBN 0-140-28696-9.
Kunz said that he could not face giving poison to the sleeping children... Together with Stumpfegger, she [Magda Goebbels] opened the mouths of the sleeping children, put an ampule of poison between their teeth and forced their jaws together.