Josef Goebbels

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Propaganda_during_World_War_II
gptkb:Nuremberg_Rallies
Kristallnacht
The Final Solution
gptkbp:awards Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Heidelberg
gptkbp:children gptkb:Hildegard_Goebbels
gptkb:Michael_Goebbels
gptkb:Helga_Goebbels
gptkb:Josef_Goebbels_Jr.
gptkb:Heinz_Goebbels
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 1945-05-01
gptkbp:deathPlace suicide
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Heidelberg
gptkbp:famousQuote "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it."
"Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will."
"We will go down in history as the greatest statesmen of all time."
"A lie told once remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth."
"The bigger the lie, the more it will be believed."
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Paul_Joseph_Goebbels
gptkbp:hasBirthDate 1897-10-29
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Josef Goebbels
gptkbp:image Josef_Goebbels_1940.jpg
gptkbp:influenced Nazi_propaganda_techniques
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Nazi_propaganda
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableWorks The Goebbels Diaries
gptkbp:occupation journalist
writer
political theorist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Rheydt,_Germany
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Berlin,_Germany
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Nazi_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition National Socialism
gptkbp:positionHeld Minister of Propaganda
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Hans_Fritzsche
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:signature Josef_Goebbels_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Magda_Goebbels
gptkbp:successor Position abolished