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Goebbels

American  
[-buhls] / ˈgœ bəls /

noun

  1. Joseph Paul 1897–1945, German propaganda director for the Nazis.


Goebbels British  
/ ˈɡœbəls /

noun

  1. Paul Joseph (paul ˈjoːzɛf). 1897–1945, German Nazi politician; minister of propaganda (1933–45)

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The author surmises that Goebbels discovered this and devised a way to get rid of her—sending Ruth out of Germany while simultaneously helping Japan establish a spy network in Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Nearing 90, Riefenstahl is seen shouting down Müller over inconvenient details about her friendship with Goebbels.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

In the age of the internet and social media this type of propaganda campaign and psyop is much more powerful than even master Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels could have imagined in the 1940s and 1930s.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

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

Goebbels, she said, never forgave her for the humiliation of the rejection.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown