POLITICIAN

Joseph Goebbels

1897 - 1945

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Paul Joseph Goebbels (German: [ˈpaʊ̯l ˈjoːzɛf ˈɡœbl̩s] ; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted followers, known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism which was evident in his publicly voiced views. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Goebbels has received more than 17,464,846 page views. His biography is available in 99 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Joseph Goebbels is the 224th most popular politician (down from 144th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Germany (down from 54th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Politician.

Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Nazi propagandist. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devoted followers, and he was a leading member of the Nazi Party. As a member of Hitler's inner circle, he was a powerful figure in the Nazi regime.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Goebbels ranks 224 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis IX of France, Nicholas I of Russia, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Harun al-Rashid, Sonia Gandhi, and Leopold II of Belgium. After him are António de Oliveira Salazar, Sennacherib, Mehmed VI, Yuri Andropov, Enver Hoxha, and Reinhard Heydrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Joseph Goebbels ranks 1. After him are Irène Joliot-Curie, Pope Paul VI, William Faulkner, Amelia Earhart, Anthony Eden, Subhas Chandra Bose, Ludwig Erhard, Ivan Konev, Paavo Nurmi, Wilhelm Reich, and Lucky Luciano. Among people deceased in 1945, Joseph Goebbels ranks 6. Before him are Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Frank, and Heinrich Himmler. After him are Eva Braun, Martin Bormann, Béla Bartók, Fedor von Bock, Anton Webern, and Ernst Cassirer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Joseph Goebbels ranks 58 out of 7,253. Before him are Hannah Arendt (1906), Josef Mengele (1911), Hildegard of Bingen (1098), Georg Ohm (1789), William I, German Emperor (1797), and Klemens von Metternich (1773). After him are Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Eva Braun (1912), Gerd Müller (1945), Ambrose (340), and Jacques Offenbach (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Joseph Goebbels ranks 12. Before him are Heinrich Himmler (1900), Angela Merkel (1954), Hermann Göring (1893), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), William I, German Emperor (1797), and Klemens von Metternich (1773). After him are Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Charles the Bald (823), Martin Bormann (1900), Peter III of Russia (1728), and Helmut Kohl (1930).

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