Paul. Joseph. Goebbels (1897–1945) was head of the Nazi Party's Propaganda Department and Minister of National Education and Propaganda in Nazi Germany.
In January 1945, when the tide in Germany was over and the danger was imminent, Goebbels became commander of the berlin defenses. He advocated scorched earth and poison gas warfare, ordered the shooting of captured Allied pilots, and advocated the holding of Berlin. In April, when Berlin was under siege, the Goebbels moved with their six children to the basement of the Chancellery.
At the end of April, Hitler, who decided to commit suicide, made a will to appoint Dönitz as president and Goebbels as chancellor. Goebbels wrote an Appendix to the Führer's Political Testament, declaring that "my life will be ended by the Fuehrer's side" and that "in the difficult years to come, it is more important to set an example than to live".
On April 29, 1945, Hitler's wedding to Eva was held in a simple bomb shelter, and the rumbling of gunfire on the streets of Berlin added a bit of solemnity to this special wedding. A senior official of the German Propaganda Department presided over the ceremony as witnesses, officially declaring them husband and wife.
After the wedding, the Hitler couple co-organized a humble tea party with the others. The wedding seemed a little bleak, because they understood that the wedding was not far from their Yellow Spring Road. At 2 a.m. on April 30, Hitler bid farewell to his men and carried the new lady into the bedroom.
Soon, a gunshot rang out from inside. Hitler committed suicide by drinking bullets, and Eva also committed suicide by taking poison. According to the pre-arrangement, the men immediately carried the corpse to the garden, poured 180 kilograms of gasoline and burned it to ashes. When Goebbels saw the corpses of Hitler and Eva lit up with paper twists, he could no longer suppress his grief and could not help but cry bitterly. He could not bear to watch the fuehrer's body being buried by the fire, so he entered the Taiping Gate, held the railing with one hand, and limped down the steep spiral staircase to the dark castle.
Almost all the women in the bunker were gathered in the conference room, and Goebbels walked up to them, and the women wanted to ask him something, but he ignored no one like crazy, and went straight to his study not far from Hitler's office. Slammed the door shut.
Goebbels' family was martyred, which was a more difficult choice than the Hitlers. Because the Goebbels have 6 children, their ages are: 12, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3. Of these, 5 were girls and 1 was a boy. Goebbels's wife is one of the most beautiful women in Germany, so their children are not to say how beautiful and delicate they are, and now, for their parents, they want to kill their beloved children, which is a rare tragedy in the world.
Madame Goebbels said to her secretary beforehand, "When that day comes, if I cannot do anything to the children, please help me." ”
Late april 30th, the secret news in the bunker began to secretly spread the news that the Goebbels were going to let 6 children die with them, which shocked the knowers, because since the 6 children entered the bunker 8 days ago, they brought life and laughter to this dead cave, almost all the people in the bunker liked these 6 elves very much, they all said that these children were God's masterpieces, and suddenly heard that the Goebbels were going to poison the 6 children, they really couldn't bear it. When Hitler's two female secretaries, Gelda and Jung, heard the news, hurried to Goebbels's study to dissuade them, but Goebbels said to them: "Don't say it again, ladies, you should understand that no one can compare with me and Magda when it comes to loving children, but we think that letting children die with us is in itself the greatest love for them, and we believe that germany in the future is not worthy of our excellent children to survive for it...
Before committing suicide, Goebbels wrote in his Appendix to the Fuehrer's Political Will: "The Fuehrer has ordered me that in the event of the fall of Berlin, I must leave quickly to lead the government he has designated." For the first time in my life, I must resolutely refuse to obey the Fuehrer's orders. My wife and children joined me in refusing to obey. Abandoning the Fuehrer at the most critical moment is not allowed by humanity and loyalty. Moreover, in the years to come, the world will see me as a shameful traitor and a lowly scoundrel, and I will lose not only the respect of my compatriots, but also my self-respect..."
On the afternoon of May 1, Magda recalled the five girls and one son who were playing around in the bunker to her room, and she forced herself to endure sorrow and said softly: "Children, we are about to go home, each of us has a piece of candy, eat it for a while and not get sick of the plane." Several children happily took the candy handed by their mother and eagerly delivered it to their mouths.
Soon, the 6 children were asleep, and Magda kissed them one by one, scrutinizing the flesh and blood, tears rolling down her cheeks. But a moment later, she still put potassium chloride into the children's mouths with her trembling hand, and then she cried loudly...
Before his death, Hitler said to Goebbels: "Goebbels, you must live, especially your 6 children, you must find a way to get them out of the bunker." Goebbels said at the time: "Fuehrer, I have never disobeyed your will, but this time I have to disobey you, and our whole family will not leave the Bunker for half a step." Goebbels told all his lies all his life, and was known as an expert in lies, and Goebbels famously said, "If you lie, you will lie." Because big lies often have some kind of believable power. Moreover, it is easier for the people to be prisoners of the former between big lies and small lies, because the people themselves often tell novels on small things, but are embarrassed to make up big lies, they never imagine making up big lies, and therefore think that others cannot brazenly distort the facts... Extremely absurd lies often have an effect, even after it has been identified. "A lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth." But he finally did not lie on one issue—he was always loyal to the Fuehrer.
At 6 p.m., Magda, who was standing hand in hand with Goebbels, took a step forward, bit through the capsule that had already been placed in her mouth, and slowly fell to the ground, her chest pinned to the golden party emblem that Hitler had given her before his death, and Goebbels, fearing an accident, fired another shot at her, hitting her head with pale yellow hair. Goebbels then bit the glass vial in his mouth and pulled the trigger of the P-38 Mauser pistol, the bullet entering his right temple, because he never forgot what Hitler said: "There are two signs of a true man in this world, one is to see what kind of woman he wants, and the other is to see how he chooses to die." With the roar of the Allied tanks marching eastward, Goebbels, the Nazi German National Education and Propaganda Minister, who had made great noise to propagate Nazi ideas, deified Shearer vigorously, and actively promoted fascist cultural policies, finally embarked on his path, a desperate man who believed that "politics is gambling", chose to take his wife and children to the home of Hitler's martyrdom... A few minutes later, the officer of the Führer's Guard and another soldier lined up the bodies of the Goebbels, poured gasoline on them, and hastily cremated them.
Goebbels's last words before his death were: "I am convinced that doing this is the best work I can do for the future of the German people, for in the difficult hours that are to come, the example will be more important than the person himself, and people will eventually find the man who can lead the people to freedom again." "However, all he showed the world was a crazy example, and it is said that when the Soviet soldiers who had crawled out of the pile of dead people after hundreds of battles entered the bunker, they couldn't help but turn pale with fright when they saw the 6 children lying side by side - this was really the work of the devil.