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This is an interesting and unusual biography of Joseph Goebbels for several reasons.

First, the author, Curt Riess, was a Jewish German who was forced into exile in 1933 and only able to return to Germany with the defeat of the Nazi’s in 1945.

Second, this book was written in 1948, soon after the collapse of National Socialism. Third, Riess bases his book on interviews with family, friends and associates of Goebbels, when their memories were still fresh in their minds.

Riess often has to mask the identities of his informants in order to protect them from reprisals.

As a young man, Joseph Goebbels was a budding narcissist with a constant need of approval.

As a young man, Joseph Goebbels was a budding narcissist with a constant need of approval.

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This is an excellent biography of Joseph Goebbels, one of the top Hitler advisors and master of the nazi propaganda.

This book charts the full trajectory of Goebbels' career, showing him at the apex of his power, a master of oratory, a brilliant and cynical showman and a.

Relates the life of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his role in formulating Hitler's policy of exterminating the Jewish people.

These facts make Riess’s biography an extremely valuable resource into the period.

What surprised me most about Riess’s book was how even-handed it was to Goebbels. Goebbels gets treated as a human being, rather than a caricature of evil.

There is no doubt that Goebbels was evil and that