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==Early career==

==Early career==

He was a slightly built man with a deformed right leg (clubfoot). Goebbels had earned a PhD in 1921 and was a frustrated writer when he joined the Nazi Party in late 1924. He became an ardent admirer of [[Adolf Hitler]] and took national office when the [[Nazis]] seized power in January 1933. Known for his oratory skills, Goebbels spread Nazi propaganda to the masses. He molded German newspapers, radio, movies, art and culture into areas which followed and reflected Nazi doctrine. He was a noted anti-Semite and one of the most aggressive anti-Christian proponents in the Nazi leadership. Goebbels spoke out against the church and had members of the clergy persecuted. He had a particular hatred for the Catholic Church. And like [[Martin Bormann]], Goebbels wanted to wipe out [[Christianity]] in the German Reich.<ref>Hamilton, Charles. ''Leaders and Personalities of the Third Reich'' (1984).</ref><ref>Longerich, Peter. ''Goebbels: A Biography'' (2015).</ref>

He was a slightly built man with a deformed right leg (clubfoot). Goebbels had earned a PhD in 1921 and was a frustrated writer when he joined the Nazi Party in late 1924. He became an ardent admirer of [[Adolf Hitler]] and took national office when the [[Nazis]] seized power in January 1933. Known for his oratory skills, Goebbels spread Nazi propaganda to the masses. He molded German newspapers, radio, movies, art and culture into areas which followed and reflected Nazi doctrine. He was a noted anti-Semite and one of the most aggressive anti-Christian proponents in the Nazi leadership. Goebbels spoke out against the church and had members of the clergy persecuted. He had a particular hatred for the Catholic Church. And like [[Martin Bormann]], Goebbels wanted to wipe out [[Christianity]] in the German Reich.<ref>Hamilton, Charles. ''Leaders and Personalities of the Third Reich'' (1984).</ref><ref>Longerich, Peter. ''Goebbels: A Biography'' (2015).</ref> Despite acting as the propaganda minister for the National Socialists, Goebbels himself, alongside the rest of the Nazis, held absolutely no love for the concept of nations, citing that "the NSDAP [Nazi Party] is the German Left. We despise bourgeois nationalism." (Der Angriff, Dec 6th, 1931)

==Minister of Propaganda==

==Minister of Propaganda==