Joseph Goebbels

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German politician Nazi official human propagandist

Joseph Goebbels was the Nazi Party’s Minister of Propaganda, notorious for orchestrating mass propaganda campaigns that fueled Adolf Hitler’s regime and antisemitic policies.

Aliases (3)

Goebbels ×1
Joseph Goebbels (as Propaganda Minister using offices there) ×1
Paul Joseph Goebbels ×1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German politician → Nazi official → human → propagandist →
academicDegree	Doctorate in literature →
allegiance	Nazi Germany →
appointedBy	Adolf Hitler →
authored	Michael: Ein deutsches Schicksal in Tagebuchblättern → diaries →
burialPlace	Berlin →
causeOfDeath	cyanide poisoning → gunshot wound →
closeAllyOf	Adolf Hitler →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany →
dateOfBirth	1897-10-29 →
dateOfDeath	1945-05-01 →
educatedAt	University of Bonn → University of Freiburg → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED → University of Würzburg →
employer	Nazi Germany →
ethnicGroup	Germans →
familyName	Goebbels →
fieldOfStudy	history → literature → philosophy →
fullName	Paul Joseph Goebbels →
givenName	Joseph → Paul →
government	Third Reich →
historicalPeriod	Nazi era in Germany → World War II era →
ideology	Nazism → antisemitism →
involvedIn	Holocaust propaganda → Nazi persecution of Jews → World War II →
languageSpoken	German →
mannerOfDeath	suicide →
memberOf	Nazi Party →
memberOfPoliticalParty	National Socialist German Workers' Party →
notableFor	orchestrating Nazi propaganda → promoting antisemitic policies → propaganda during World War II → supporting Adolf Hitler's dictatorship → use of mass media for propaganda →
notableQuoteAttributed	If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it →
numberOfChildren	6 →
occupation	journalist → politician → writer →
perpetratorOf	Nazi propaganda campaigns → antisemitic incitement → incitement to genocide →
placeOfBirth	German Empire → Prussia → Rheydt →
placeOfDeath	Berlin → Nazi Germany →
positionHeld	Gauleiter of Berlin → Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda → Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War → Reichsleiter of the Nazi Party →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Magda Goebbels →
usedMedium	film → mass rallies → press → radio →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfred Rosenberg → Berghof → Eher Verlag → Helene "Leni" Riefenstahl → Rally of Victory → Vorbunker →	associatedWith
Nazi Germany → Nuremberg Party Rally → Third Reich →	keyFigure
Hermann Göring →	closeAssociate
Joseph Goebbels ("Goebbels") →	familyName
Joseph Goebbels ("Paul Joseph Goebbels") →	fullName
Reich Chancellery ("Joseph Goebbels (as Propaganda Minister using offices there)") →	headOfGovernmentOccupant
Inside the Third Reich →	mentions
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda →	ministerInCharge
Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda →	notableLeader
Nazi Party officials →	notableMember
State Secretary in the Party Chancellery →	officeHolder
Kristallnacht →	plannedBy
Sylvester Groth →	portrayed
Triumph des Willens →	portrays
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler →	positionHeldBy
NaziRacialPolicy →	promotedBy