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{{Villain_Infobox|image = 429px-Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-101-20A, Joseph Goebbels.jpg|fullname = Paul Joseph Goebbels|occupation = Minister of Propoganda|skills = Public Speaking Deception Manipulation Intelligence|goals = Spread the Nazi beliefs, aid Hitler in his goals (succedeed but failed after Hitler lost WW2)

|origin = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheydt Rheydt], German Empire

|crimes = ~~Initiating Kristallnacht, advocating the Holocaust~~

|crimes = [[War crimes]] Mass [[murder]] [[Genocide]] [[Crimes against humanity]] [[Terrorism]] [[Ethnic cleansing]]

|hobby = Spreading propaganda, writing in his diary, seducing women

|type of villain = Nazi ~~propagandist~~}} {{Quote|The best propaganda is that which, as it were, works invisibly, penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge of the propagandistic initiative.|Joseph Goebbels, on using propaganda to manipulate the masses.}}'''Paul Joseph Goebbels''' (October 29th, 1897 - May 1st, 1945) was the Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 - he was one of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s closest associates and most devout followers, becoming known for his zealous speeches and [[Anti-Semitism]]. He was the chief architect of the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' [[pogrom]] against the German Jews, which is widely considered to be the beginning of the Final Solution, leading towards the tragedy of [[the Holocaust]].

|type of villain = Nazi Propagandist}}

{{Quote|The best propaganda is that which, as it were, works invisibly, penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge of the propagandistic initiative.|Joseph Goebbels, on using propaganda to manipulate the masses.}}

'''Paul Joseph Goebbels''' (October 29th, 1897 - May 1st, 1945) was the Minister of Propaganda in [[Nazi Germany]] from 1933 to 1945 - he was one of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s closest associates and most devout followers, becoming known for his zealous speeches and [[Anti-Semitism]]. He was the chief architect of the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' [[pogrom]] against the German Jews, which is widely considered to be the beginning of the Final Solution, leading towards the tragedy of [[the Holocaust]].

==Life==

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He knew what that would mean for himself: "For us," he had written in 1943, "we have burnt our bridges. We cannot go back, but neither do we want to go back. We are forced to extremes and therefore resolved to proceed to extremes."

In his diaries, he expressed the belief that German diplomacy should find a way to exploit the emerging tensions between Stalin and the West, but he proclaimed foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]], whom Hitler would not abandon, incapable of such a feat. When other Nazi leaders urged Hitler to leave Berlin and establish a new center of resistance in the National Redoubt in Bavaria, Goebbels opposed this, arguing for a last stand in the ruins of the Reich capital.

In his diaries, he expressed the belief that German diplomacy should find a way to exploit the emerging tensions between [[Joseph Stalin]] and the West, but he proclaimed foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]], whom Hitler would not abandon, incapable of such a feat. When other Nazi leaders urged Hitler to leave Berlin and establish a new center of resistance in the National Redoubt in Bavaria, Goebbels opposed this, arguing for a last stand in the ruins of the Reich capital.

By this time, Goebbels had gained the position he had wanted so long – at the side of Hitler, albeit only because of his subservience to [[Martin Bormann]], who was the Führer's ''de facto'' deputy.

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 {{Villain_Infobox|image = 429px-Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-101-20A, Joseph Goebbels.jpg|fullname = Paul Joseph Goebbels|occupation = Minister of Propoganda|skills = Public Speaking<br>  Deception <br> Manipulation <br> Intelligence|goals = Spread the Nazi beliefs, aid Hitler in his goals (succedeed but failed after Hitler lost WW2)
 |origin = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheydt Rheydt], German Empire
-|crimes = Initiating Kristallnacht, advocating the Holocaust
+|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]
 |hobby = Spreading propaganda, writing in his diary, seducing women
-|type of villain = Nazi propagandist}} {{Quote|The best propaganda is that which, as it were, works invisibly, penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge of the propagandistic initiative.|Joseph Goebbels, on using propaganda to manipulate the masses.}}'''Paul Joseph Goebbels''' (October 29<sup>th</sup>, 1897 - May 1<sup>st</sup>, 1945) was the Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 - he was one of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s closest associates and most devout followers, becoming known for his zealous speeches and [[Anti-Semitism]]. He was the chief architect of the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' [[pogrom]] against the German Jews, which is widely considered to be the beginning of the Final Solution, leading towards the tragedy of [[the Holocaust]].
+|type of villain = Nazi Propagandist}}
+{{Quote|The best propaganda is that which, as it were, works invisibly, penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge of the propagandistic initiative.|Joseph Goebbels, on using propaganda to manipulate the masses.}}
+'''Paul Joseph Goebbels''' (October 29<sup>th</sup>, 1897 - May 1<sup>st</sup>, 1945) was the Minister of Propaganda in [[Nazi Germany]] from 1933 to 1945 - he was one of [[Adolf Hitler]]'s closest associates and most devout followers, becoming known for his zealous speeches and [[Anti-Semitism]]. He was the chief architect of the ''[[Kristallnacht]]'' [[pogrom]] against the German Jews, which is widely considered to be the beginning of the Final Solution, leading towards the tragedy of [[the Holocaust]].
 ==Life==
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 He knew what that would mean for himself: "For us," he had written in 1943, "we have burnt our bridges. We cannot go back, but neither do we want to go back. We are forced to extremes and therefore resolved to proceed to extremes."
-In his diaries, he expressed the belief that German diplomacy should find a way to exploit the emerging tensions between Stalin and the West, but he proclaimed foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]], whom Hitler would not abandon, incapable of such a feat. When other Nazi leaders urged Hitler to leave Berlin and establish a new center of resistance in the National Redoubt in Bavaria, Goebbels opposed this, arguing for a last stand in the ruins of the Reich capital.
+In his diaries, he expressed the belief that German diplomacy should find a way to exploit the emerging tensions between [[Joseph Stalin]] and the West, but he proclaimed foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]], whom Hitler would not abandon, incapable of such a feat. When other Nazi leaders urged Hitler to leave Berlin and establish a new center of resistance in the National Redoubt in Bavaria, Goebbels opposed this, arguing for a last stand in the ruins of the Reich capital.
 By this time, Goebbels had gained the position he had wanted so long – at the side of Hitler, albeit only because of his subservience to [[Martin Bormann]], who was the Führer's ''de facto'' deputy.