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The Goebbels Diaries 1939-1941
L'ambigua e sinistra figura del dottor Paul Josef Goebbels, ministro della Propaganda e dell'Informazione durante il nazismo, continua a esercitare un fascino inquietante. I Diari di Goebbels 1939-1941, dichiarati autentici dalla Biblioteca di Vienna, gettano nuova luce sulla figura sia pubblica sia privata di questo pomeriggio poiché, diversamente da quelli degli anni successivi, si presentano come note quotidiane personali che Goebbels non intendeva pubblicare. I diari coprono la maggior parte del periodo che va dal 1939, anno di inizio della guerra e delle conquiste germaniche, al luglio 1941, poche settimane dopo l'invasione della Russia, il passo fatale che preannuncia il declino della potenza tedesca. Goebbels è un diarista instancabile, annota con estrema minuzia anche i più piccoli avvenimenti, descrive con occhio vivido e attento eventi e personaggi del periodo della maggior affermazione del nazismo e propone una visione inedita del Terzo Reich di Hitler, dei suoi leader, dei suoi meccanismi di potere, del suo atteggiamento nei confronti dei nemici e soprattutto del ruolo dello stesso Goebbels nel manovrare l'opinione pubblica. Emerge da queste pagine una personalità dal carattere profondamente contraddittorio: un predicatore di odio che era anche un padre di famiglia sentimentale, uno spietato «cane da guardia» della cultura con sensibilità e intelligenza sufficienti per apprezzare i capolavori artistici che lui stesso proibiva di esporre al pubblico; un cinico manipolatore delle opinioni delle masse e un dichiarato avversatore del genere umano capace tuttavia di una totale devozione al suo Führer. Pochi documenti storici illustrano così efficacemente e con tale immediatezza la violenza del regime nazista.
490 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1948
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Joseph Goebbels
100 books167 followersGerman politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism.
He played a hand in the Kristallnacht attack on the German Jews, which historians consider to be the beginning of the Final Solution, leading towards the genocide of the Holocaust.
Goebbels earned a Ph.D. from Heidelberg University in 1921, writing his doctoral thesis on 18th century romantic drama; he then went on to work as a journalist and later a bank clerk and caller on the stock exchange. He also wrote novels and plays, but they were rejected by publishers. Goebbels came into contact with the Nazi Party in 1923 during the French occupation of the Ruhr and became a member in 1924. He was appointed Gauleiter (regional party leader) of Berlin. In this position, he put his propaganda skills to full use, combating the local socialist and communist parties with the help of Nazi papers and the paramilitary Stormtroopers, aka, Brownshirts, SA. By 1928, he had risen in the party ranks to become one of its most prominent members.
Goebbels rose to power in 1933 along with Hitler and the Nazi Party and he was appointed Propaganda Minister. One of his first acts was the burning of books rejected by the Nazis. He exerted totalitarian control over the media, arts and information in Germany.
From the beginning of his tenure, Goebbels organized attacks on German Jews, commencing with the one-day boycott of Jewish businessmen, doctors, and lawyers on April 1, 1933. His attacks on the Jewish population culminated in the Kristallnacht assault of 1938, an open and unrestrained pogrom unleashed by the Nazis all across Germany, in which scores of synagogues were burned and hundreds of Jews were assaulted and murdered. Goebbels used modern propaganda techniques to psychologically prepare the German people for aggressive war and the annihilation of civilian populations.
During World War II, Goebbels increased his power and influence through shifting alliances with other Nazi leaders. By late 1943, the tide of the war was turning against the Axis powers, but this only spurred Goebbels to intensify the propaganda by urging the Germans to accept the idea of total war and mobilization. Goebbels remained with Hitler in Berlin to the end; just hours after Hitler's suicide, Goebbels and his wife, Magda, killed their six young children. Then, they both committed suicide as well.
He played a hand in the Kristallnacht attack on the German Jews, which historians consider to be the beginning of the Final Solution, leading towards the genocide of the Holocaust.
Goebbels earned a Ph.D. from Heidelberg University in 1921, writing his doctoral thesis on 18th century romantic drama; he then went on to work as a journalist and later a bank clerk and caller on the stock exchange. He also wrote novels and plays, but they were rejected by publishers. Goebbels came into contact with the Nazi Party in 1923 during the French occupation of the Ruhr and became a member in 1924. He was appointed Gauleiter (regional party leader) of Berlin. In this position, he put his propaganda skills to full use, combating the local socialist and communist parties with the help of Nazi papers and the paramilitary Stormtroopers, aka, Brownshirts, SA. By 1928, he had risen in the party ranks to become one of its most prominent members.
Goebbels rose to power in 1933 along with Hitler and the Nazi Party and he was appointed Propaganda Minister. One of his first acts was the burning of books rejected by the Nazis. He exerted totalitarian control over the media, arts and information in Germany.
From the beginning of his tenure, Goebbels organized attacks on German Jews, commencing with the one-day boycott of Jewish businessmen, doctors, and lawyers on April 1, 1933. His attacks on the Jewish population culminated in the Kristallnacht assault of 1938, an open and unrestrained pogrom unleashed by the Nazis all across Germany, in which scores of synagogues were burned and hundreds of Jews were assaulted and murdered. Goebbels used modern propaganda techniques to psychologically prepare the German people for aggressive war and the annihilation of civilian populations.
During World War II, Goebbels increased his power and influence through shifting alliances with other Nazi leaders. By late 1943, the tide of the war was turning against the Axis powers, but this only spurred Goebbels to intensify the propaganda by urging the Germans to accept the idea of total war and mobilization. Goebbels remained with Hitler in Berlin to the end; just hours after Hitler's suicide, Goebbels and his wife, Magda, killed their six young children. Then, they both committed suicide as well.
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January 11, 2022
I'd read the last volume, the depressive one, of this series years ago. Recently, however, this volume appeared at Heirloom Books and, needing a bedtime book, I snapped it up. As might be imagined, given the period covered, Goebbels' tone here is positively cheerful as Germany snaps up Poland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Yugoslavia, Greece and vast parts of the Soviet Union.
The major complaints running throughout these entries concern the German Foreign Office--he detests Ribbentrop, missing his children, overwork and sleep deprivation. The latter is notable in that somehow Goebbels seems to have time to watch films, including American ones, and German newsreels pretty regularly. Indeed, his work as propaganda and cultural leader seems to occupy much more of his attention than his Berlin gau.
Almost every entry begins with a report of military actions: ships sunk, bombing raids. Interestingly, he represents 'the Battle of Britain' as a positive thing, many more British planes being shot down than German--this contradicting everything I've ever read about the fight in the skies and common sense for that matter (the German planes had a lot more distance to travel and little air time over their targets). This being a diary, something intended as a basis for a later, post-war autobiography, what would be his motive for deception?--or were he and other German leaders lied to by their airforce?
These diaries are hardly fun to read, but they do give insight into the mentality of one of the more well educated figures in the Nazi leadership. The entries are all rather short, none running much above two pages, and so are quite suitable for bedtime or bathroom reading.
The major complaints running throughout these entries concern the German Foreign Office--he detests Ribbentrop, missing his children, overwork and sleep deprivation. The latter is notable in that somehow Goebbels seems to have time to watch films, including American ones, and German newsreels pretty regularly. Indeed, his work as propaganda and cultural leader seems to occupy much more of his attention than his Berlin gau.
Almost every entry begins with a report of military actions: ships sunk, bombing raids. Interestingly, he represents 'the Battle of Britain' as a positive thing, many more British planes being shot down than German--this contradicting everything I've ever read about the fight in the skies and common sense for that matter (the German planes had a lot more distance to travel and little air time over their targets). This being a diary, something intended as a basis for a later, post-war autobiography, what would be his motive for deception?--or were he and other German leaders lied to by their airforce?
These diaries are hardly fun to read, but they do give insight into the mentality of one of the more well educated figures in the Nazi leadership. The entries are all rather short, none running much above two pages, and so are quite suitable for bedtime or bathroom reading.
January 23, 2014
Mixed feelings about this portion of the Goebbels diaries. On the positive side, when there's lots going on in the war, it's VERY interesting and colorful. On the negative side, when there's not much going on, it's full of REALLY trivial prattle about his departmental personnel problems. On the VERY NEGATIVE side, almost everything from the conquest in the West in the spring of 1940 is MISSING -- also the period in summer 1940 during the Battle of Britain. And I'm also not crazy about the editing and annotation . . . lots of obscure stuff that's not explained. Many mentions of "the Seventh Chamber," but it's not in the index and if it ever was explained, I missed it. Nothing on the internet, either. ?????
So, worth reading all-in-all if you're patient, but not what it could be. Got more out of the 1942-43 diaries and liked the editorial comments more in that volume. So now, on to 1945 diaries.
So, worth reading all-in-all if you're patient, but not what it could be. Got more out of the 1942-43 diaries and liked the editorial comments more in that volume. So now, on to 1945 diaries.
December 3, 2016
very interesting and largely debunks the view that the international media tends to pump into our heads. Having read this, allowed me to form a personalized view of this , as it appears extremely intelligent man. What can perhaps be questioned is the application he made of that gift but never the magnitude of it.
May 16, 2022
Excruciating to say the least. There was no way on God's green earth I was ever going to read it from cover to cover. What a horrid and warped little man.
June 21, 2024
I confess I only made to early 1940, but can't see myself going further. A diary obviously means something to the writer, whether a shy 10 year old school girl to a 'mover and shaker' like Goebbels. To the rest of us it can be tedious. I was hoping for insights but for every such tidbit the vast majority of entries are repetitive and boring. This is a reference book, not one for light, enjoyable reading. I suspect the other volumes are the same.
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October 27, 2025What a disturbed, pathetic little man.
The most hitler-obsessed man in history, giving an Italian guy a run for his money.
The most hitler-obsessed man in history, giving an Italian guy a run for his money.
March 15, 2013
Surprisingly--almost stupifyingly-- dull. Difficult to believe that someone so close to, and complicit with, the epicenter of world history's paramount evil could ramble on with all the dramatic effect of a grocery store clerk. Enjoy!
Talk about damning with faint praise but I have the most grudging respect for the fact that Goebbels chose to go down with the sinking ship and commit suicide in tandem with Hitler rather than try to strike a shabby bargain with the allies -- unlike Goering and Himmler for example. The converse argument to that of course is that, in choosing to also murder his six blameless children at the same time, he proved that -- perhaps unlike those others -- he was not just evil but also completely insane.
It's difficult to see how such a personality could have recorded such trivial and dull memoirs. Perhaps this book represents the definitive illustration of Arendt's phrase 'the banality of evil't
Talk about damning with faint praise but I have the most grudging respect for the fact that Goebbels chose to go down with the sinking ship and commit suicide in tandem with Hitler rather than try to strike a shabby bargain with the allies -- unlike Goering and Himmler for example. The converse argument to that of course is that, in choosing to also murder his six blameless children at the same time, he proved that -- perhaps unlike those others -- he was not just evil but also completely insane.
It's difficult to see how such a personality could have recorded such trivial and dull memoirs. Perhaps this book represents the definitive illustration of Arendt's phrase 'the banality of evil't
August 25, 2015
It was interesting to read his thoughts, but he was such a sick little monkey that reading this was sometimes difficult.
May 6, 2025
When The Goebbels Diaries begin in January 1942 the Axis countries are winning World War II. Nevertheless, the three Axis countries had about one year to win the war. After that year the superior numbers, wealth, and weapons of the Allies would crush them. During the Second World War Germany, Italy, and Japan fought Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China.
Italian soldiers rarely had much enthusiasm for battle, so the Axis was effectively restricted to Germany and Japan. The British Empire was the largest and richest empire in the world. The Soviet Union was the largest country in the world. The United States produced half the world’s industrial goods and was invulnerable to air attack. China was the most populous country in the world.
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted from July 17, 1942, to February 2, 1943. It ended with a Soviet victory. From then on, Germany was in retreat.
The naval Battle of Midway lasted from June 3, 1942, to June 6, 1942. It ended with an American victory. From then Japan was in retreat in the Pacific Ocean. With the conclusion of these battles, it was only a matter of time until Germany and Japan went down in total defeat.
When The Goebbels Diaries begin Joseph Goebbels gloats about Axis victories. After the Battle of Stalingrad, he has nothing to gloat about. Instead, he bemoans the fact that day after day one Germany city after another is bombed to rubble by the air forces of Great Britain and the United States. There is little Germany can do about it.
The turning point for British and American forces in northern Africa was less dramatic than Stalingrad and Midway. Initially American forces did not perform well due to lack of combat experience. As they learned, and as the continual increase in American manpower and weapons became noticeable, the British and Americans pushed the Germans and Italians out of Africa, conquered Sicily, and invaded Italy. Italy surrendered.
Mussolini was captured, but he was freed in a dramatic commando raid. He was unable to restore a Fascist military force that gave the Americans and British anything to worry about.
This diary mentions the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. Unfortunately, there is a large gap for the time when the Soviet Union wan the battle, so we cannot know how Joseph Goebbels responded to the Soviet victory.
Goebbels does not specifically describe how Jews were gassed and cremated in the concentration camps. With comments about Jews being eliminated he makes it clear that he knows that the Holocaust is happening, and that he approves of it.
When Goebbels joined the Nazi movement, he felt sympathy to Communism and desired a German alliance with the Soviet Union to fight France, Great Britain, and the United States. Hitler had other plans, and Goebbels accepted those plans. Nevertheless, Goebbels expresses hate for plutocrats nearly as often as he expresses hate for Jews.
Goebbels and Hitler had been raised as Roman Catholics. They both turned against Christianity. On page 237 of this book the editor writes:
“The Nazis were determined to eliminate Christianity altogether from Germany after the war. Alfred Rosenberg had already prepared a decree for Hitler’s signature by which even the lowest-paid menial worker on the public pay roll was to lose his job if he continued church membership.”
Hitler and Goebbels were failed artists. Hitler failed to become an painter and an architect. Goebbels failed to become a novelist and a playwright. People who fail at what is essential to them are often in the market for a hate target. Jews are a generic hate target because the Jews are very good at many things.
Eri Hoffer describes the syndrome in his book The True Believer.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
On April 26, 1942, Goebbels draws attention to the fact that Hitler had become a vegetarian. There are health benefits to a vegetarian diet. Nevertheless, animal protein is the only source of vitamin B 12. Vitamin B 12 deficiency leads to permanent brain and nerve damage. Artificial vitamin B 12 did not become commercially available until after 1972. We know that Hitler was in poor health during the Second World War. It would be interesting to see if vitamin B 12 deficiency contributed to his problems.
In the three editions of Diet for a Small Planet Frances Moore Lappe recommends and describes vegetarianism.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Hitler and Goebbels knew that when Germany was defeated, they would have to choose between suicide and execution. Consequently, they forced the Germans to fight on until Germany was beaten into the ground.
Italian soldiers rarely had much enthusiasm for battle, so the Axis was effectively restricted to Germany and Japan. The British Empire was the largest and richest empire in the world. The Soviet Union was the largest country in the world. The United States produced half the world’s industrial goods and was invulnerable to air attack. China was the most populous country in the world.
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted from July 17, 1942, to February 2, 1943. It ended with a Soviet victory. From then on, Germany was in retreat.
The naval Battle of Midway lasted from June 3, 1942, to June 6, 1942. It ended with an American victory. From then Japan was in retreat in the Pacific Ocean. With the conclusion of these battles, it was only a matter of time until Germany and Japan went down in total defeat.
When The Goebbels Diaries begin Joseph Goebbels gloats about Axis victories. After the Battle of Stalingrad, he has nothing to gloat about. Instead, he bemoans the fact that day after day one Germany city after another is bombed to rubble by the air forces of Great Britain and the United States. There is little Germany can do about it.
The turning point for British and American forces in northern Africa was less dramatic than Stalingrad and Midway. Initially American forces did not perform well due to lack of combat experience. As they learned, and as the continual increase in American manpower and weapons became noticeable, the British and Americans pushed the Germans and Italians out of Africa, conquered Sicily, and invaded Italy. Italy surrendered.
Mussolini was captured, but he was freed in a dramatic commando raid. He was unable to restore a Fascist military force that gave the Americans and British anything to worry about.
This diary mentions the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. Unfortunately, there is a large gap for the time when the Soviet Union wan the battle, so we cannot know how Joseph Goebbels responded to the Soviet victory.
Goebbels does not specifically describe how Jews were gassed and cremated in the concentration camps. With comments about Jews being eliminated he makes it clear that he knows that the Holocaust is happening, and that he approves of it.
When Goebbels joined the Nazi movement, he felt sympathy to Communism and desired a German alliance with the Soviet Union to fight France, Great Britain, and the United States. Hitler had other plans, and Goebbels accepted those plans. Nevertheless, Goebbels expresses hate for plutocrats nearly as often as he expresses hate for Jews.
Goebbels and Hitler had been raised as Roman Catholics. They both turned against Christianity. On page 237 of this book the editor writes:
“The Nazis were determined to eliminate Christianity altogether from Germany after the war. Alfred Rosenberg had already prepared a decree for Hitler’s signature by which even the lowest-paid menial worker on the public pay roll was to lose his job if he continued church membership.”
Hitler and Goebbels were failed artists. Hitler failed to become an painter and an architect. Goebbels failed to become a novelist and a playwright. People who fail at what is essential to them are often in the market for a hate target. Jews are a generic hate target because the Jews are very good at many things.
Eri Hoffer describes the syndrome in his book The True Believer.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
On April 26, 1942, Goebbels draws attention to the fact that Hitler had become a vegetarian. There are health benefits to a vegetarian diet. Nevertheless, animal protein is the only source of vitamin B 12. Vitamin B 12 deficiency leads to permanent brain and nerve damage. Artificial vitamin B 12 did not become commercially available until after 1972. We know that Hitler was in poor health during the Second World War. It would be interesting to see if vitamin B 12 deficiency contributed to his problems.
In the three editions of Diet for a Small Planet Frances Moore Lappe recommends and describes vegetarianism.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Hitler and Goebbels knew that when Germany was defeated, they would have to choose between suicide and execution. Consequently, they forced the Germans to fight on until Germany was beaten into the ground.
September 24, 2025
This book is a translation of dictated, contemporary diary entries of a very senior and vital cog in the Nazi war machine, Josef Goebbels, Minister for Propaganda and Popular Enlightenment. These extracts-some days and longer periods are missing- were evidently intended to be transformed into a (no doubt) best-selling autobiography and probably a film of a great man (second only to his hero, Hitler) in the German Empire. These diaries cover the period from the last months of peace in 1939 to July 1941 shortly after the invasion of Russia. So, the diaries cover the period when there were plenty of German successes to report upon and to counter the English "Ministry of Lies".
Throughout Goebbels presents himself as important and intelligent, incredibly hard-working, cunning and devious and the master of propaganda. His adoration and devotion to the Fuhrer knows no bounds. He has little time for his family, spending much time separated from them, but recording when he is able to make brief visits and phone calls to his 6 young children ( peculiarly, whose names all begin with the letter H- surely not after Hitler?). Later he was to murder these sweet children by poison in 1945.
There is plenty of poison in the diaries directed at his enemies and those who cross his path. The English are "enormously stupid, unenlightened and primitive", he refers to the "boundless cowardice of the Italians and the arrogance of their officers", the city of Lodz is "no more than a rubbish-heap , inhabited by the dregs of the Poles and Jews". He is very protective of his domain and dismissive of other senior German figures especially in his constant battle with Ribbentrop, the "megalomaniac" in the Foreign Ministry, and Borman who "intrigued rather than worked his way into this job ".
The diaries are long, with plenty of tedious entries. It is instructive though of how media can be manipulated big time in the hands of a skilled, if warped, fanatic.
Throughout Goebbels presents himself as important and intelligent, incredibly hard-working, cunning and devious and the master of propaganda. His adoration and devotion to the Fuhrer knows no bounds. He has little time for his family, spending much time separated from them, but recording when he is able to make brief visits and phone calls to his 6 young children ( peculiarly, whose names all begin with the letter H- surely not after Hitler?). Later he was to murder these sweet children by poison in 1945.
There is plenty of poison in the diaries directed at his enemies and those who cross his path. The English are "enormously stupid, unenlightened and primitive", he refers to the "boundless cowardice of the Italians and the arrogance of their officers", the city of Lodz is "no more than a rubbish-heap , inhabited by the dregs of the Poles and Jews". He is very protective of his domain and dismissive of other senior German figures especially in his constant battle with Ribbentrop, the "megalomaniac" in the Foreign Ministry, and Borman who "intrigued rather than worked his way into this job ".
The diaries are long, with plenty of tedious entries. It is instructive though of how media can be manipulated big time in the hands of a skilled, if warped, fanatic.
December 4, 2022
If you want to understand what Fox News and Trump are doing in America today, study Goebbels. It’s stomach turning and vomitous, but the 21st century bloviators and con artists of the right are using the Third Reich’s playbook. And they’re super good at it, because we remain immensely stupid and gullible.
October 8, 2020
An interesting glimpse into the other side of the war. Lots of waffle but the sections on Hess and his flight to Scotland and the invasion of Russia are particularly worth reading. Overblown and full of ego and megalomania but a useful insight if you are studying or teaching the Third Reich.
November 17, 2021
Really interesting since the insurrection of 1/6. The parallels are not insignificant but they are scary. It's a limited read that can be overwhelming. I found that I rolled my eyes many times but I guess that is part of the personality.
How many people in the Trump world have read this?
How many people in the Trump world have read this?
February 19, 2025
I Goebbled It Up
I wouldn't normally read someones diary, it just ain't right, but it was one of those few books in American that I got my hands on when I was overseas.
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't pure desperation, I liked it and read it at least twice.
I wouldn't normally read someones diary, it just ain't right, but it was one of those few books in American that I got my hands on when I was overseas.
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't pure desperation, I liked it and read it at least twice.
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June 26, 2020Terrifying
October 2, 2023
A lot of unseen and underreported perspectives about their way of thinking. A good read to understand their thoughts objectively.
September 25, 2025
I’m not a Nazi
I’m not a Nazi
This was interesting to read
I’m not a Nazi
This was interesting to read
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October 1, 2025I had to talk not with my peers but with ghosts, because there was not a single living being around me as solitary—that is, as thoughtful—as I was.
February 6, 2012
I had great expectations when i picked this one up. I thought this shall be my oppurtunity of seeing things from Nazi top chairs. As they saw it during those times. to say the least, i m bitterly dissapointed.
Firstly, the diary isn't complete. Most of the important events are missing. As the enteries have been lost of them.
I've been amazed at the lack of information of Goebbel's about certain events though he was the information minister of the Reich. with such conditions no doubt the empire was bound to fial. At certain points one feels that the writer is accepting the reality but then bang comes another false dream and promise and on you go on the dream paths.
Didn't like it honestly. Money spent on some decent memoir is well served. this one goes down the drain
Firstly, the diary isn't complete. Most of the important events are missing. As the enteries have been lost of them.
I've been amazed at the lack of information of Goebbel's about certain events though he was the information minister of the Reich. with such conditions no doubt the empire was bound to fial. At certain points one feels that the writer is accepting the reality but then bang comes another false dream and promise and on you go on the dream paths.
Didn't like it honestly. Money spent on some decent memoir is well served. this one goes down the drain
March 15, 2014
Boring!!!
My opinion is he was an ego-maniac who wrote this diary with the thought that it would be published because of his stature. He kisses ass and I'm sure he is holding back about war plans and his "master plan". He doesn't mention his apparent affairs or anything terribly personal. His diary is just another tool of his propaganda but this time the subject is himself. This is not a look inside his mind or revealing of any deep dark secrets.
My opinion is he was an ego-maniac who wrote this diary with the thought that it would be published because of his stature. He kisses ass and I'm sure he is holding back about war plans and his "master plan". He doesn't mention his apparent affairs or anything terribly personal. His diary is just another tool of his propaganda but this time the subject is himself. This is not a look inside his mind or revealing of any deep dark secrets.
September 15, 2020
Labored through the book, waiting to learn something and gain some insights. Too many names of low level Nazis. The redeemable part of reading this diary were the incidental flashes in Goebbel writing into Hitler's mind. There's no question in my mind that this diary was written thinking that it would be read by outsiders. He emphasized how important he was, how busy, how successful. Was reading this diary worth the effort? Probably not.
July 3, 2012
I got it long time ago as a gift and I finished it just recently. It was fascinating to read from historical point of view...but hard to swallow considering who wrote them and the presented ideas were scary.
October 18, 2011
I enjoyed reading this book from an historical perspective as it gives an insight to the mind of a man who was totally dominated by Hitler and the Hitlerian ideal. Sadly Frau Geobbels was even worse.
April 7, 2017
A sophisticated and intellectually capricious writing. An essential read for understanding the Zeitgeist of the era.
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