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Magda Goebbels

1901 - 1945

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Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels (née Ritschel; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and political supporter of Adolf Hitler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magda Goebbels has received more than 3,361,397 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Magda Goebbels is the 56th most popular companion (down from 39th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Germany (down from 175th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Companion.

Magda Goebbels was the wife of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. She and her husband committed suicide on May 1, 1945, after Adolf Hitler's death.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Magda Goebbels ranks 56 out of 784. Before her are Priscilla Presley, Dinah, Hafsa bint Umar, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, and Antinous. After her are Isabella of Portugal, Elisabeth of Valois, Theodora, Zayd ibn Harithah, Isabeau of Bavaria, and Abigail.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Magda Goebbels ranks 18. Before her are Ngo Dinh Diem, Linus Pauling, Clark Gable, Rudolf Höss, Alberto Giacometti, and Princess Märtha of Sweden. After her are Paul of Greece, Ernest Lawrence, Gary Cooper, Vittorio De Sica, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and André Malraux. Among people deceased in 1945, Magda Goebbels ranks 16. Before her are Fedor von Bock, Anton Webern, Ernst Cassirer, Walter Model, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Thomas Hunt Morgan. After her are Paul Valéry, Heinrich Müller, Wilhelm Canaris, Pietro Mascagni, George S. Patton, and Irma Grese.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Magda Goebbels ranks 230 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Zimmer (1957), Max Stirner (1806), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Johann Pachelbel (1653), and Johannes Stark (1874). After her are Otto von Guericke (1602), Max Scheler (1874), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), and Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Magda Goebbels ranks 6. Before her are Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Eva Braun (1912), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), and Anne of Cleves (1515). After her are Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Katharina von Bora (1498), and Alexandra Feodorovna (1798).

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