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The story told in the documentary highlights how the Nazi party, lead by Adolf Hitler, gained

political power using propaganda as a weapon. The Nazis started advocating clear messages
tailored to a broad range of people and their problems. The propaganda aimed to exploit people’s
fear of uncertainty and instability. These messages varied from ‘Bread and Work’, aimed at the
working class and the fear of unemployment, to a ‘Mother and Child’ poster portraying the Nazi
ideals regarding woman. Jews and Communists also featured heavily in the Nazi propaganda as
enemies of the German people.
The key player in this documentary was Josef Goebbels, the propagandist that worked under
Hitler. Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German Nazi politician and philologist who served as the
Gauleiter of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and Reich Minister of Propaganda
from 1933 to 1945. He was a close follower of Adolf Hitler and was known for his antisemitic
views and advocating for harsher discrimination, including the extermination of Jews in the
Holocaust. Goebbels obtained a doctorate in philology from the University of Heidelberg in 1921
and joined the Nazi Party in 1924. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Goebbels's
Propaganda Ministry controlled news media, arts, and information in Nazi Germany, using radio
and film for propaganda purposes.
The documentary tells the story of Goebbel’s life from a third-person point of view. It explores
his motivations for joining the Nazi party and his rise to power within the ranks of the Nazi’s. He
earned his PhD in 1921 for romantic literature and aspired to become an author. However, that
job choice never panned out and he was forced to find other forms of work. In 1924, Goebbels
became interested in Adolf Hitler and Nazism after his trial for treason. He joined the Nazi Party
due to Hitler's charisma and commitment to his beliefs. Goebbels worked with Karl Kaufmann,
Gauleiter for the Rhine-Ruhr District, and Gregor Strasser, a leading Nazi organiser in northern
Germany. Strasser founded the National Socialist Working Association, which Goebbels became
its business manager and editor. Goebbels, after reading Hitler's Mein Kampf, agreed with
Hitler's Marxist doctrine. In 1926, Goebbels published a pamphlet explaining National
Socialism. Hitler arranged meetings with Greater Ruhr Gau leaders, including Goebbels, and
offered reconciliation. Goebbels capitulated, offering Hitler loyalty. The National Socialist
Working Association was disbanded.
Hitler's plan to divide and dissolve the northwestern Gauleiters group was successful, and
Goebbels was given great authority over the Berlin section. He reduced the party membership to
600 active members, instituted membership fees, and charged admission to party meetings.
Goebbels used provocation and violence to bring attention to the Nazi Party, leading to the Berlin
police banning the party. He founded Der Angriff, a modern-style newspaper with an aggressive
tone, and attempted to break into the literary world. Support for the Nazi Party in Germany
increased, but elections did not result in a majority government. Hitler's leadership style led to
distrust and competition. The Reichstag Fire led to the Nazi Party passing the Decree, and
Goebbels was appointed to head the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.
During World War II, Goebbels' speeches and articles became increasingly apocalyptic as
Germany faced defeat. Berlin had limited fortifications and artillery, and Volkssturm units were
in short supply. Goebbels opposed peace overtures to western allies and argued for a heroic last
stand in Berlin. On 22 April, Hitler announced he would stay in Berlin until the end and shoot
himself. Goebbels moved with his family to the Vorbunker and made a proclamation to the
people of Berlin, urging them to fight for their city.
On 1 May, Goebbels, as Chancellor, dictated a letter to General Vasily Chuikov, requesting a
ceasefire after Hitler's death. However, after the ceasefire was refused, Josef decided to stay in
Berlin with his children. On the same day, Goebbels arranged for a dentist to inject his children
with morphine, and Magda Goebbels and SS-Obersturmbannführer Ludwig Stumpfegger
administered cyanide to them. They left the bunker and killed themselves in the Chancellery
garden. The remains of the Goebbels family, Krebs, and Hitler's dogs were repeatedly buried and
exhumed. The last burial was at the SMERSH facility in Magdeburg on 21 February 1946. In
1970, KGB director Yuri Andropov authorized an operation to destroy the remains, exhuming
five wooden boxes at the Magdeburg SMERSH facility and scattering them into the Biederitz
river.

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