REICH MINISTER OF PROPAGANDA JOSEPH GOEBBELS AND GAULEITER OF BERLIN

In order to fully understand the history of the Second World War we need to understand the leadership of the countries involved. We need to understand their lives, from childhood and detail their evolution in detail with an open mind and without a biased opinion.

One of the most important people in the 3rd Reich must be said to be Joseph Goebbels, it was he who perfected modern propaganda, it was his planning and designs that propelled the Nazi party and Hitler into power. His propaganda designs and methods have been used ever since by friend and foe. And as superficial investigation of Goebbels is simply not enough to understand this man.

He himself was vastly popular and drew huge audiences of tens of thousands by himself. Personally he was a complex person with a lot of demons that followed him throughout his life from childhood. He was an emotional person driven by desires and physical problems. Yet vastly intelligent and well read, he used these talents along with his powers of persuasion to convince those around him to see things his way.

We are starting with his early years until he became Gauleiter of Berlin, a period of history where he came in as an outsider, not a war veteran but simply by his talents. He entered the party at a time where a rift was begun, thus following his journey we make it easier to understand the path and internal troubles of the NSDAP from the earlier years.

I am in my WW2 profile series covering the key leaders of the nations at war, and going in leaps until their various ends, I hope you will join the journey that together we may crate a better understanding for events.