GOEBBELS
NAZI MASTER OF ILLUSION
The Destructive Power of Joseph Goebbels’s Propaganda and the Holocaust
An amazing study of the most influential figure in Nazi Germany. A masterpiece worthy of praise.
Yossi Ahimeir, Journalist and Publisher
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During the fateful last year of WWII, Nazi Germany suffered severe military defeats on several fronts, and massive bombings by the Allies on the home front, which turned its cities into ruins. At the same time, the situation within the Nazi leadership deteriorated. Rifts appeared within the inner circle, among people who were closest to Adolf Hitler, reaching a peak in the failed coup d’État and the attempt on his life on July 20, 1944. But although the situation was catastrophic for Germany, during that same period, the extermination of the Jews – which required vast resources – never halted. In fact, it was accelerated, as Germany chose to extend the implementation of the “Final Solution” into new territories.
Against the background of the events in the last year of the war, the book examines the actions of one of the people closest to Hitler, and one of the most influential leaders in Nazi Germany – Joseph Goebbels. He served as “The minister for public enlightenment and propaganda” from March 1933. Goebbels created the Nazi propaganda machine and reinforced the motivation to continue the extermination of the Jews. In a continuous appeal to the suffering German Volk, the propaganda emphasized the necessity to continue the war and the fighting, precisely despite the defeat and the losses.
After coming to the realization that they would not come out of the war victorious, Hitler and Goebbels decided to take their own lives. Goebbels committed suicide together with his wife Magda, not before they killed their six young children in the bunker in Berlin, one day after the suicide of their beloved Führer. In that way, Goebbels hoped to be remembered in the pages of history as the greatest symbol of loyalty to Hitler and to Nazi Germany.
Yitzchak Herzog, President of Israel | The book is fascinating and innovative…I read it eagerly in one breath.
Maya Gorodecky, Refusenik | In-depth research—describing the power of the most fanatical, monstrous, and massive anti-semitic propaganda the world has ever known. A must read.
Abraham Vered, Survivor of Auschwitz | It provides a lot of answers—even to those who experienced the horror in the flesh.
Reuven Miran, Author and Publisher | Hopefully it will be read by those who do not yet understand the power of words.
Prof. Arie Naor | The author describes the dark figure and the distorted personality of Joseph Goebbels, an agitator with oral rhetorical ability.
Eliyahu Yakir, Holocaust Survivor from Poland | I was extremely impressed and overwhelmed of the depth of research. It’s written in a way that allures the reader.
Daniela Ozacky Stern, PhD is a distinguished Israeli-based historian focused on World War II, the Holocaust, Genocide, survival, and resistance.
Third generation to survivors, her global research explores the human perspective -and she has published works on various topics related to the Holocaust and Genocide.
She is also an international lecturer and presents her work in multiple countries.
Book publisher: Lazar Institute for the Research of WWII and the Holocaust
Photos by: Yad Vashem Archive