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Joseph Goebbels, (born Oct. 29, 1897, Rheydt, Ger.—died May 1, 1945, Berlin), German Nazi leader. After earning a doctorate from Heidelberg University, he joined the Nazi Party and was appointed district leader in Berlin by Adolf Hitler in 1926. A gifted speaker, Goebbels also edited the party’s journal and began to create the Führer myth around Hitler, instituting the party demonstrations that helped convert the masses to Nazism. After Hitler seized power in 1933, Goebbels took control of the national propaganda machinery. During World War II he carried on a personal propaganda blitz to raise hopes on the home front. Named chancellor in Hitler’s will, he remained with Hitler to the end. One day after Hitler’s suicide, Goebbels and his wife killed themselves and their six children.

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