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Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

  • Fame76.9
  • Momentum1.1
  • Global rank#131
Source-basedStable
  • Fame76.9
  • Momentum1.1
  • Global rank#131
  • Germany rank#58
  • Politicians rank#168
  • Wikipedia332K
Lived 1897–1945, aged 48Germany
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    103 languages
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    #131
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  • Era
    1897–1945
    Aged 48
  • Known for
    Sunshine
    1999
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Updated 2026-06-08

Hitler's chief propagandist and the architect of the Nazi information apparatus. Goebbels turned radio, film, and state messaging into instruments of antisemitic incitement and mass manipulation, publicly advocating the extermination that became the Holocaust.

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Politician
Category
Politicians
Country
Germany
Global rank
#131
Country rank
#58
Category rank
#168
Last updated
2026-06-08
Biography

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Born in Rheydt in 1897, Goebbels earned a doctorate in philology from Heidelberg in 1922 and joined the Nazi Party two years later. Appointed Gauleiter of Berlin in 1926, he grasped early how propaganda could drive political movement and, after 1933, consolidated control over all news, media, and cultural output in Germany. He mastered radio and film as tools of indoctrination, spreading antisemitism and shaping wartime morale. By 1943 he pressed Hitler for total war measures — conscripting women, closing non-essential businesses, expanding Wehrmacht rolls — and was named Reich Plenipotentiary…

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Joseph Goebbels
said · 28 Nov 1925
Lenin was the greatest man, second only to Hitler, and that the difference between communism and the Hitler faith was very slight.
— The New York Times, “HITLERITE RIOT IN BERLIN: Beer Glasses Fly When Speaker Compares Hitler and Lenin,” (Nov. 28, 1925) p. 4.
Joseph Goebbels
said · 15 Nov 1925
Therefore, Russia is our natural ally against the devilish temptation and corruption of the west.
— “Das russische Problem“, (“The Russian Problem”), Nationalsozialistische Briefe (15 November 1925), Manfred Weißbecker, ‘“Wenn hier
Joseph Goebbels
said · 25 Oct 1925
Lenin sacrificed Marx and instead gave Russia freedom. You want to sacrifice German freedom for Marx.
— Rebuke to German communists. National Socialism or Bolshevism? (Nationalsozialismus oder Bolschewismus?) NS-Briefe (October 25, 1925)
Joseph Goebbels
said · 1925
The social is a stopgap. Socialism is the ideology of the future.
— Open Letter to Ernst Graf zu Reventlow in the Völkische Freiheit, 1925, as quoted in Goebbels: A Biography, Peter Longerich, Random House,
Joseph Goebbels
said · undated
Communism. Jewry. I am a German Communist.
— Peter Longerich, Goebbels: A Biography, New York, NY, Random House (2015) p. 26, “Erinnerungsblätter,” 27, Part 1, Volume 1, page 27,
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Stable
76.9
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Momentum1.1
Historical36.0
Now attention21.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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#131
Country rank
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#58
Category rank
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#168
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Germany
Category
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Profile type
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Status
deceased
Born
October 29, 1897
Died
May 1, 1945
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Last updated
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