Joseph Goebbels: Difference between revisions

From ProleWiki, the proletarian encyclopedia
(Infobox)
Tag: Visual edit
(Added details about Goebbels' involvement with a Trotskyist radio)
Tag: Visual edit
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox politician|name=Joseph Goebbels|image_size=200|birth_date=29 October 1897|birth_place=Rheydt, [[Kingdom of Prussia]], [[German Empire]]|death_date=1 May 1945|death_place=[[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]]|death_cause=Suicide|nationality=German|political_orientation=[[Nazism]]|political_party=[[NSDAP]]|image=Joseph Goebbels.png}}
{{Infobox politician|name=Joseph Goebbels|image_size=200|birth_date=29 October 1897|birth_place=Rheydt, [[Kingdom of Prussia]], [[German Empire]]|death_date=1 May 1945|death_place=[[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]]|death_cause=Suicide|nationality=German|political_orientation=[[Nazism]]|political_party=[[NSDAP]]|image=Joseph Goebbels.png}}


'''Paul Joseph Goebbels''' (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a prominent [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi]] politician, author, and propagandist who briefly succeeded [[Adolf Hitler]] as [[Chancellor of Germany]] for one day, from 30 April to 1 May 1945. In September 1941, he admitted that Germany had, "totally underestimated the strength of the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army|Bolsheviks]]."<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2019|title=Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend|chapter=How to Cast a God into Hell: The Khrushchev Report|page=21|quote=|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecbvccldjvnq5j66bwxd7mpk3rthypyt36b5ykxgj33nsalba74uy?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20David%20Ferreira%20-%20Stalin_%20The%20History%20and%20Critique%20of%20a%20Black%20Legend%20%282019%29.pdf|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=978159484621AC3A9C94C444A835A0D7}}</ref>
'''Paul Joseph Goebbels''' (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a prominent [[National Socialist German Workers' Party|Nazi]] politician, author, and propagandist who briefly succeeded [[Adolf Hitler]] as [[Chancellor of Germany]] for one day, from 30 April to 1 May 1945.
 
In September 1941, he admitted that Germany had, "totally underestimated the strength of the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army|Bolsheviks]]."<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2019|title=Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend|chapter=How to Cast a God into Hell: The Khrushchev Report|page=21|quote=|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecbvccldjvnq5j66bwxd7mpk3rthypyt36b5ykxgj33nsalba74uy?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20David%20Ferreira%20-%20Stalin_%20The%20History%20and%20Critique%20of%20a%20Black%20Legend%20%282019%29.pdf|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=978159484621AC3A9C94C444A835A0D7}}</ref> Goebbels helped various anti-Soviet propaganda radio outlets broadcast into the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]], one of them being [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist.]]<ref>{{Citation|author=Domenico Losurdo, David Ferreira|year=2020|title=Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend|chapter=The Bolsheviks: From Ideological Conflict to Civil War|section=Civil War and International Maneuvers|page=74|quote=In April of 1939, Goebbels writes in his diary: “Our clandestine radio station in Eastern Prussia which broadcasts into Russia has caused an uproar. It operates in Trotsky’s name and causes trouble for Stalin."|lg=http://library.lol/main/fab891d8f6bbf7bb49e78240483751e4|trans-lang=Italian}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 15:31, 1 November 2023

Joseph Goebbels
Born29 October 1897
Rheydt, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died1 May 1945
Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of deathSuicide
NationalityGerman
Political orientationNazism
Political partyNSDAP


Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a prominent Nazi politician, author, and propagandist who briefly succeeded Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany for one day, from 30 April to 1 May 1945.

In September 1941, he admitted that Germany had, "totally underestimated the strength of the Bolsheviks."[1] Goebbels helped various anti-Soviet propaganda radio outlets broadcast into the Soviet Union, one of them being Trotskyist.[2]

References

  1. Domenico Losurdo (2019). Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend: 'How to Cast a God into Hell: The Khrushchev Report' (p. 21). [PDF] [LG]
  2. “In April of 1939, Goebbels writes in his diary: “Our clandestine radio station in Eastern Prussia which broadcasts into Russia has caused an uproar. It operates in Trotsky’s name and causes trouble for Stalin."”

    Domenico Losurdo, David Ferreira (2020). Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend: 'The Bolsheviks: From Ideological Conflict to Civil War; Civil War and International Maneuvers' (p. 74). [LG]