Goebbels
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
For the next two days, Hitler, Goebbels, and the rest of the Nazi leadership waited anxiously for the world to react.
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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