However, it was such a well-educated doctor of philosophy who turned out to be the most effective propaganda machine for the German Nazis and even became a major fascist war criminal. How to evaluate this special war criminal during World War II?
Goebbels
Goebbels full name is Paul? Joseph? Goebbels, who was born in the working class, suffered from osteomyelitis at the age of 7, which caused his left leg to shrink into a cripple, which also caused Goebbels to suffer numerous cold-eyed discrimination when he was a child.
Not only that, German men are generally tall and strong, and Goebbels, who is thin, can't realize his dream by joining the army like other German youths. So he can only study hard and studied in many famous universities in Germany, such as Berlin University. His long university study career made his knowledge very extensive, and Goebbels even mastered Latin and Greek.
With his excellent learning ability, Goebbels received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Heidelberg at the age of 24. Before knowing Hitler, Goebbels wrote hard, hoping to become a great writer like Goethe one day. However, despite his profound knowledge, Goebbels obviously has no literary talent, and his novels and plays are simply ignored.
Goebbels' speech
1in June, 922, Goebbels was brainwashed by Hitler's Nazism after hearing Hitler's speech for the first time in a circus in Munich, and became a faithful believer and crazy instigator of Nazi thought.
Goebbels public speech was so inflammatory that Hitler soon noticed the thin speaker. 1926 10, with Hitler's appreciation, was appointed as the leader of the Nazi party area in Berlin; From 65438 to 0929, he directly climbed into the circle of Nazi high-level leaders and directly took charge of Nazi propaganda institutions.
In the next few years, Goebbels spared no effort to bring Hitler to power and personally carried out large-scale propaganda activities.
Goebbels and other Nazi leaders
Under Goebbels' effective and fanatical propaganda, Nazism quickly swept across the country, and Hitler finally came to power in 1933. Goebbels became the Minister of Education and the Minister of Propaganda of German nationals.
Two months after taking office, the lame propaganda minister, who was only 35 years old, organized a book burning movement that had never appeared since the end of the Middle Ages. His aim is to destroy the former freedom and civilization and welcome the arrival of the so-called Nazi new era.
In addition, in order to control the German people's thoughts in Nazi hands, Goebbels demanded that all German daily newspapers, news, periodicals, radio, music and scripts should be strictly examined by Nazi propaganda departments. Public opinion is strictly monitored, and the broadcast used to expose the truth directly becomes a war machine for the German Nazis to control the nation and the country.
This terrible and powerful control mode continued until 1945. When the Soviet Red Army was about to attack Berlin, Hitler committed suicide after leaving a will in the face of the desperate situation of the Nazis. One of the important contents of his will is to appoint Goebbels as German Chancellor, which shows Hitler's trust in Goebbels.
It should be said that Hitler's vision was really accurate, and Goebbels did not live up to Hitler's trust. In the face of the demise of the Nazis, the general Hitler, who had only been German Chancellor for one day, personally poisoned his children, then committed suicide with his wife and followed Hitler.
As a war criminal, although he did not directly kill people with a knife and gun, as the controller of Nazi Germany's propaganda machine, Goebbels' crime is beyond doubt. Although he committed suicide, he deserved it. But at the same time, as a follower of Hitler and a senior official of Nazi Germany, Goebbels has no personal moral problems, and can even be regarded as a model. Regardless of his position, he can be called a German version of a loyal minister and a good soldier.