The Man Behind the Nazis’ Propaganda

A terrifying combination of intelligence and villainy

A photograph of Joseph Goebbels by Heinrich Hoffmann, c. 1925–1945 (Wikimedia Commons — image resized by Author )

Manipulating the minds of the public is a hallmark of radical regimes. Stalin’s Russia, Mao’s China, Franco’s Spain, and Hitler’s Germany were all rife with censorship and propaganda.

When it comes to the latter, Joseph Goebbels was the man who oversaw the manipulation of German society…