History UsefulNotes / JosephGoebbels

* ''Moloch'' (1999). Portrayed by Leonid Sokol.

* ''Film/MyFuhrer'' (2007). A comedy in which a depressed Hitler hires a Jewish speech coach. Portrayed by Sylvester Groth.

* ''Film/GoebbelsAndGeduldig'' (2001). A {{black comedy}} film in which Goebbels happens to have a Jewish lookalike named Harry Geduldig. Both were portrayed by Creator/UlrichMuhe.

While he wanted his family (his wife Magda, née Behrend, and their six children) to look as wholesome as possible and "exemplary" by the regime's standards, he had a lot of affairs, notably with actresses his control over German film studios gave him access to, and Hitler had to personally mediate in their marital disputes more than once. Towards the end of the war in March-April 1945, Goebbels' undying loyalty to Hitler had him take his family with him in the Führer's bunker in Berlin, and they remained there by the Führer's side as the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Red Army]] started besieging the capital city. Hitler, after appointing Goebbels Chancellor and Grand Admiral UsefulNotes/KarlDonitz President in his last will, took his own life on April 30. Goebbels and his wife followed suit the next day (May 1) with cyanide pills, but not before killing their six children with the same poison.

On March 11, 1933, Hitler appointed him "Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda". He took total control of German media such as cinema (he was ''heavily'' involved in the production side of a lot of films of Nazi Germany, most notoriously ''[[Film/JewSuss1940 Jew Süss]]''), radio, press and even early television to tighten the Nazi regime's grip on the population and spread its ideology. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination against categories of people/races the regime deemed "inferior", particularly UsefulNotes/{{J|udaism}}ewish people, which led to UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust (he had a leading role in inciting the massive pogroms of November 9, 1938, the ''Kristallnacht''). The apex of his propaganda madness was reached mid-UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with the ''Sportpalast'' speech he gave on February 18, 1943, in which he pushed for "total war" once the war against the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] was starting to go very badly for Germany after the Stalingrad disaster, chaining Germany even further to the path of destruction Hitler had dragged it on. He then tried various ways of boosting the morale of the German population, via films most notably, and failed at it as Allied air raids brought more and more devastation upon the country.

While he wanted his family (his wife Magda, née Behrend, and their six children) to look as wholesome as possible and "exemplary" by the regime's standards, he had a lot of affairs, notably with actresses his control over German film studios gave him access to, and Hitler had to personally mediate in their marital disputes more than once. Towards the end of the war in March-April 1945, Goebbels' undying loyalty to Hitler had him take his family with him in the Führer's bunker in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}, and they remained there by the Führer's side as the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Red Army]] started besieging the capital city. Hitler, after appointing Goebbels Chancellor and Grand Admiral UsefulNotes/KarlDonitz President in his last will, took his own life on April 30. Goebbels and his wife followed suit the next day (May 1) with cyanide pills, but not before killing their six children with the same poison.

* ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill'' (1935), the most famous propaganda film by Creator/LeniRiefenstahl, features his speeches at the 1934 Nuremberg rallies. He wasn't happy with how the film turned out, likely due to it featuring the S.A.

* ''My Führer'' (2007). A comedy in which a depressed Hitler hires a Jewish speech coach. Portrayed by Sylvester Groth.

* ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill'' (1935) by Creator/LeniRiefenstahl features his speeches at the 1934 Nuremberg rallies. He wasn't happy with how the film turned out, likely due to it featuring the S.A.

* ''Film/DeNurembergANuremberg'' (1989) features some of his speeches and quotes.

While he wanted his family (his wife Magda, née Behrend, and their six children) to look as wholesome as possible and "exemplary" by the regime's standards, he had a lot of affairs, notably with actresses his control over German film studios gave him access to, and Hitler had to personally mediate in their marital disputes more than once. Towards the end of the war in March-April 1945, Goebbels' undying loyalty to Hitler had him take his family with him in the Führer's bunker in UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}, and they remained there by the Führer's side as the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Red Army]] started besieging the capital city. Hitler, after appointing Goebbels Chancellor in his last will, took his own life on April 30. Goebbels and his wife followed suit the next day (May 1) with cyanide pills, but not before killing their six children with the same poison.

* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' (2009). Ridiculed as a [[FanDisservice gross]] and {{lousy|lovers Are Losers}} lover in the thoughts of Shosanna Dreyfus, and in an AlternateHistory bit, he gets gunned down alongside Hitler by the Basterds in Shosanna's cinema seconds before bombs go off in the place. Portrayed once again by Sylvester Groth.

* ''Goebbels und Geduldig'' (2002). A comedy in which Goebbels happens to have a Jewish lookalike named Harry Geduldig. Both were portrayed by Creator/UlrichMuhe.

* In ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron 4'' mod ''VideoGame/RedFlood'', Goebbels is an available leader for the German Socialist Räterepublik. While his regime is authoritarian and nationalist, he lacks the rampant antisemitism that made him infamous in our timeline. Ironically, if Germany is led by Ernst Graf zu Reventlow, Goebbels would be killed off for opposing his antisemitic and ultranationalist ideals.

* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' (2009). Ridiculed as a [[FanDisservice gross]] and {{lousy|lovers Are Losers}} lover in the thoughts of Shosanna Dreyfus, and in an AlternateHistory bit, he gets gunned down alongside Hitler by the Basterds in Shosanna's cinema seconds before bombs go off in the place. Portrayed by Sylvester Groth.

* ''Goebbels und Geduldig'' (2002). A comedy in which Goebbels happens to have a Jewish lookalike named Harry Geduldig. Both were portrayed by Ulrich Mühe.

Few to no historical names have been as associated with the evils and lies of totalitarian state {{propaganda|Machine}} and total control of the media as this guy's own, much less have become as ''synonymous'' with it as him even, to the point that [[GodwinsLaw he's the go-to name]] when casting aspersions on someone for perceived propaganda tactics. He was one of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's closest and most devoted followers, known for his skills in public speeches and his rabid antisemitism.[[note]]For a quick example, look up the "Eyes of Hate", a famous photograph of Goebbels at a League of Nations summit in Geneva in 1933. Goebbels was smiling and cheering until he learned that his photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, was a Jew. Goebbels proceeds to [[DeathGlare glare at Eisenstaedt]] like he wants to kill him with his bare hands.[[/note]]

Few to no historical names have been as associated with the evils and lies of totalitarian state {{propaganda|Machine}} and total control of the media as this guy's own, much less have become as ''synonymous'' with it as him even, to the point that [[GodwinsLaw he's the go-to name]] when casting aspersions on someone for perceived propaganda tactics. He was one of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's closest and most devoted followers, known for his skills in public speeches and his rabid antisemitism.