Goebbels

Ralf Georg Reuth

ISBN 10: 0785769714 ISBN 13: 9780785769712

Publisher: Bt Bound

Synopsis

The life of Joseph Goebbels, the Mephistophelian genius of Nazi propaganda.

Ralf Georg Reuth's biography is meticulously researched, comprehensive, definitive. With unusual objectivity Reuth reconstructs history from eyewitness accounts, Goebbels's own diaries, and archival material--some of which was held by the East Germans and Russians and only recently became available. It is the story of a small, spindly, highly intelligent man with a clubfoot and an inferiority complex who rose to power with Hitler and was, of all the Nazis, the greatest advocate of the extermination of the Jews.

Reuth describes Goebbels's childhood in a strict, Catholic, lower-middle-class family; his poverty; his many affairs with women above his station; his political activity and intrigues in Berlin for Hitler; his career in the Third Reich; his wife and children; his suicide.

Written in an accessible, lucid style, Goebbels is at once an important document and the fascinating study of a monstrous human being.

From the original hardback edition.

About this title

About the Author

Ralf Georg Reuth wrote his doctoral thesis on German military strategy and the history of World War II. Since then he has published two big biographies on Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels. He was also the editor of the diaries of Joseph Goebbels.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Edition details

• Publisher: Bt Bound
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0785769714
• ISBN 13: 9780785769712
• Binding: Library Binding