Goebbels was Hitler's political enemy within the Party, and he had angrily shouted that Hitler should be expelled from the Nazi Party, but in the late Third Reich he became Hitler's right-hand man, known as the "man who created Hitler". When Hitler's road ahead was brilliant and "radiant", Goebbels was the "blower" who embarrassed to blow Nazi policies, and when Hitler escaped and committed suicide with a gun, Goebbels became the only person with his family to be buried with Hitler. So why did Goebbels go from hitler's opposite to his hardcore commander? Today I will talk about this Nazi mouthpiece, Propaganda Minister Goebbels.
He has such a "famous saying" - "a lie repeated a thousand times is the truth", but this nonsense statement is taken as the true story by him. It was throughout goebbels that he applied this theory to his successful transformation into Hitler's trumpeter.
Born in a small town in northwestern Germany, to working-class parents and a Catholic family, Goebbels originally dreamed of becoming a church priest. From 1917 to 1921, with the financial support of the Catholic Association, Goebbels studied history and literature at 8 universities, including the University of Uziburg, the University of Munich and the University of Heidelberg, and received his doctorate with honors. At this time, Goebbels's dream turned into a journalist or a broadcasting bureau clerk.
Because he suffered from polio, his left leg was about 15 centimeters shorter than his right leg, a defect that made him a cripple. Because of this, he was very unpopular in the workplace, coupled with the economic downturn in Germany, he always couldn't find a job, and he had to pretend to go to work every day for the sake of face. Because he was limping like a monkey, he was ridiculed from an early age, loneliness and hatred made him a little twisted from an early age, he wanted to get things that others could not reach, prestige, wealth and power.
This was when he discovered that politics was a ladder to the top. In 1922, he went to Munich. At that time, the German economy was in a sharp recession, unemployment soared, Germany was suppressed by the international community, and the pressure of huge reparations made Germans resentful and desperate. Munich, in particular, is filled with political smoke. In this case, a man with a small moustache appeared in the germans' field of vision, and he was Hitler.
With dignity as the skeleton and anger as flesh and blood, he created a superficial image of serving the country and the people. Such demagogic speeches were impossible for these indignant Germans, including the ambitious Goebbels. Although the Nazi party was still a small street party, he resolutely joined and patiently joined the Nazis, waiting for the opportunity to turn over.
But it is worth mentioning that the political faction that Goebbels entered belonged to the northern faction of the Nazi Party, which advocated differently from Hitler, and they belonged to the leftist argument, that is, they preferred to transform the society rather than instigate a war. Therefore, Goebbels and Hitler's arguments were initially opposite, opposite. Goebbels gradually became an important figure in the Northern faction of the Nazi Party, a supporter of the leader of the Northern faction, Gregor Strasser, founded the Nazi Newsletter, and often openly opposed the right wing of the Nazi Party.
To Goebbels's surprise, however, Hitler, far from doing anything to him, admired his talents and gave him a copy of Mein Kampf. Good fellow, I really have a brochure in my hand. After watching Mein Kampf, Goebbels was overwhelmed by Hitler's brainwashing remarks. At this moment, Hitler sent out an invitation, you come to Munich to give a speech, I think you can do it. Goebbels, who grew up without much recognition, was flattered.
Afterwards he wrote in his diary that I entered the hall, and the joy was so loud that I spoke for two hours, and finally Hitler embraced me. Goebbels finally understood at this time that the real stage that would allow him to show his ambition was to be Hitler's mouthpiece. He thought that Hitler was the "God" who really understood him, so Goebbels "abandoned the dark and turned to the light", which is Hitler's cleverness. Just the right amount of praise and praise, you can get a good agitator.
During the German presidential campaign in 1932, he organized and posted 1 million propaganda posters everywhere, distributed 8 million pamphlets and 12 million copies of party newspapers. In one day, 3,000 mobilization meetings were held all over Germany. Goebbels also had the whim of using entertainment media such as movies and records to apply to campaigns, and the effect was extraordinary. Nazi Party propaganda deceived a large part of the petty bourgeoisie and unemployed workers.
Goebbels also organized personnel, often in bars, clubs and other places, to find the kind of German who did not do anything but were full of brains fighting for the country, and talked with them one-on-one, fully expressing the importance that the Nazi Party attached to them, so that a large part of Hitler's vote was landed. In 1933, under Goebbels' political brainwashing, Hitler finally became a political leader and reached the pinnacle of power. Goebbels was then appointed German Minister of National Education and German Propaganda Minister by Hitler, and the Nazis took control of the German propaganda machine. Goebbels finally waited for the glory of his dreams.
Goebbels began to take the initiative to undertake advertising and exhibition work, as well as cultural education in universities, primary and secondary schools, and finally Goebbels even intervened in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and all foreign propaganda had to be approved by him. Hitler delegated power with his own hands, Goebbels soared into the sky, one dared to release one dare to collect. So in Germany at that time, the press, radio, literature, and even music, film, and art were reduced to Nazi propaganda springboards, and there was no second voice in Germany.
Goebbels's stench theory was put into practice, and the lie, repeated a thousand times, became the truth, and was thoroughly realized by him. He formulated the main points of the department's propaganda, and the propaganda work is to repeat and strengthen the simple principles, purposes, and world views, and this simple propaganda is not really simple. Goebbels organized a group of publicity experts to form an advisory group, and before each publicity statement was released, the advisory group would formulate different promotional copy according to different audience groups, and put it into the hands of specific groups of people according to different windows.
In other words, everyone in Germany will see what they want to see during the Nazi era. But for the purpose of brainwashing everyone, Germany must have a full voice. So in 1933, Goebbels organized a book burning campaign, and thousands of university students burned countless books about human civilization near their universities, and Marx, Heine, Einstein, and countless other works were burned.
In those nights when Mars was splashed and the pages were scattered, the only remaining German people of insight spent the most painful nights, just as the so-called slander harmed justice, and the clouds were floating in the day. "Mein Kampf" became a best-selling book in Germany, and subsequently became a compulsory textbook for primary and secondary school students in Germany, and Germany officially entered the darkest years.
In Goebbels's view, Germany needs to create a unified set of values in addition to thought control. Where are these values embodied? It is reflected in the national flag, the imperial coat of arms and the swastika. Goebbels combined these logos with the meanings of fatherhood, loyalty, sacrifice, hope, race, faith, glory, and victory to form a new type of spiritual brainwashing. In Nazi Party propaganda documentaries, Nazi Party festivals are always filled with strength and beauty, and the clear flying flag, the neat military uniform, the uniform hand salute, and the führer's provocative tone exude the "power" that amazes the people of Germany.
In addition, Goebbels knew that if the people were to have an idea of "unity", they must have a common enemy. Thus, all political parties, national and religious institutions that threatened the Nazis were vilified by Goebbels as enemies of Germany. Including the Jews. Goebbels said that the Jewish problem could only be solved if all Jews were wiped out. As long as there is a jew alive, then that jew will always be an enemy of Germany. Therefore, there can be no tolerance or humanity towards the Jews. Thus, as Jews were slaughtered in waves, german soldiers became more united and more fanatical, completely irrational and sunk into the patriotic dreams woven by Hitler.
Movies and entertainment programs were also Goebbels' mouthpieces. The anti-Semitic films "A Jewish Story", "Seuss the Jew", the anti-British films "Ireland, My Life", the anti-Russian films "The Battle of Poland", "Victory on the Western Front", "War in the East". It was one brainwashing film after another that confused the Germans. In the film, the film cleverly uses the upward shooting method to enlarge Hitler, who is actually only 1 meter 73 tall, into a tall and mighty political giant.
People looked at their Fuehrer in the cinema, tears in their eyes, and their blood was full of blood. As a result, the German people, even small children, volunteered to be cannon fodder on the Nazi battlefield.
After the defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad, Germany announced a three-day state funeral. Goebbels did not have a premonition that Germany was coming to an end, and in 1943 he delivered a "total war" speech at the Berlin Gymnasium, asking the German people to stop high-level entertainment and share the burden of the war. He also declared that the real enemy of the world was the Soviet Union, and tried to split the anti-fascist alliance.
Once again, such a speech seduced the german people, and the reaction was extremely strong. So Goebbels, after his speech, was very proud of his ability to tell lies. He looked contemptuously at the people downstairs and said, "If I told them to jump down three floors, they would all do it."
The whole of Germany was toyed with by him, and Goebbels's ambitions were achieved, but he was also extremely quick to the end. In the spring of 1945, World War II was nearing its end. In his diary of 28 February, Goebbels criticized the demoralized Marshal Goering, and on 6 March he recorded the erection of a white flag to the Allies in his hometown of Lätter, and on 8 April recorded the chaos of the looting of the Bakery in Berlin. By April 10, his diary abruptly terminated. This was because his family moved into the bunker of the Prime Minister's Office.
At this time, Hitler already knew the tragic situation after Mussolini's death, and he did not want to be hanged upside down in the streets after his death, so he and Goebbels discussed most, that is, how to die best. But the most painful was Goebbels's wife, Magda, because she was facing the death of six of her own children. The defeat is irreparable.
On April 29, 1945, hitler, after deciding to commit suicide, left Goebbels a will declaring that He would succeed him as Chancellor of the Reich. Goebbels, who experienced the last glory of the Empire after Hitler's death, took his wife and six children and buried Hitler together. The notorious Nazi leader finally buried himself in his grave.