Goebbels
Americannoun
noun
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Real Madrid have called for the "immediate resignation" of La Liga president Javier Tebas after he drew comparisons between the club's management and Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mr. Buruma recounts one contemporary joke: “An airplane carrying Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels crashes. All three are killed. Who is saved? Answer: The German people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Other sections are apparently based largely on the author’s speculation, including her belief that Goebbels sent the family to Oahu after discovering Ruth’s Jewish heritage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The Hitler acolyte Joseph Goebbels once said that the big joke on democracy was that it provided its mortal enemies with the means of its own destruction.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
On the balcony Goebbels, dressed in a light-colored trench coat and a fedora, applauded theatrically, almost clownishly, as each German boat crossed the line.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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