Goebbels
Americannoun
noun
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The mouthy pool shark Minnesota Fats is given as much attention as the babushka Lyudmila Borisovna—an anti-Nazi broadcaster whom Joseph Goebbels called the witch of the Kremlin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
When he encounters the minister — an unnamed Joseph Goebbels — he sees him briefly as two distinct men.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
Kim Ki Nam’s role as the country’s chief propagandist earned him notoriety in South Korea, where media nicknamed him the “North Korean Goebbels,” after Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
But at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, the competition fell under the direction of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Goebbels had his sights set on far more than controlling the German press, however.
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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