Paul Joseph Goebbels Biography and Timeline

NSDAP

Appointed Member of NSDAP

Editor

Appointed Editor of The Volkische Freiheit

Business Manager

Appointed Business Manager of the Rhineland-North Gau

Conference of Bamberg

Hitler forces Strasser & Goebbels to abandon their Socialist "economic program". After the conference Goebbels is appointed Gauleiter of Berlin & supports Hitler

Editor

Takes over the publications of Gregor Strasser including the NS-Briefe

Propaganda

Appointed Propagandist by Hitler, separates him from Gregor Strasser & wins his loyalty

Gauleiter

Appointed Gauleiter of Berlin-Brandenburg by Hitler

Angriff, Der

Der Angriff is published by the Angriff Press, its motto "For the oppressed against the exploiters"

Editor

Appointed Editor of Der Angriff, founds & edits the Nazi Party journal

Angriff, Der

The paper is founded to rally NSDAP members during the nearly two-year ban on the party in Berlin. Der Angriff is conceived as a mass circulation paper that fought the hated "System" with rude and aggressive language with antiparliamentarism and antisemitism as its self-defining themes. Der Angriff (in English "The Attack") is founded the Berlin Gau of the Nazi Party

Reichstag

Appointed Member of Reichstag

Propaganda

Appointed Leader of the Reich propaganda of the Nazi Party by Hitler

Election

Organizes Hitler's campaigns for the Presidency & for Nazi seats in the Reichstag

Angriff, Der

Der Angriff appears as the "Daily Newspaper of the German Labor Front" from the Eher Press, with Goebbels remaining publisher

Minister of Propaganda

Appointed Minister of Propaganda & Enlightenment, given control of the media & arts

Role range: 1933-1945

Chamber of Culture

The Reichs Chamber of Culture is founded under the new Minister of Propaganda

Role range: 1933-1945

Reform of Government

The Reichs Chamber of Culture is founded under the new Minister of Propaganda. All manuscripts need to be submitted to the ministry before publication

Role range: 1933-1945

Broadcast

Broadcasts to the nation announcing the merger of the offices of Fuhrer & President

Role range: 1933-1945

Constitution of Germany

Broadcasts to the nation announcing the merger of the offices of Fuhrer & President

Role range: 1933-1945

Concentration Camps

"Anti-social members of society into useful members by the most humane means possible"

Role range: 1933-1945

Kristallnacht

Advises party leaders anti-Jewish demonstrations should not be discouraged

Role range: 1933-1945

Plenipotentiary

Appointed Plenipotentiary for the Mobilization of Total War

Plenipotentiary

Appointed Plenipotentiary for the Mobilization of Total War, after the July plot

Role range: 1939-1945

Constitution of Germany

Hitler commits suicide and is briefly succeeded as Chancellor by Joseph Goebbels, as dictated in Hitler's Last Will and Testament

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934

Suicide

Hitler commits suicide and is briefly succeeded as Chancellor by Joseph Goebbels, as dictated in Hitler's Last Will and Testament

Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934

Peace

Peace negotiations fail & Goebbels decides to commit suicide. After Hitler's suicide Goebbels & Bormann attempt to negotiate with the Russians

Role range: 1939-1945

Suicide

Peace negotiations fail & Goebbels decides to commit suicide. After Hitler's suicide Goebbels & Bormann attempt to negotiate with the Russians

Role range: 1939-1945

Suicide

Advises Hitler to remain in the bunker & die in a blinding Gotterdammerung

Role range: 1939-1945

Death of Paul Joseph Goebbels

Administers poison to his 6 children & shoots his wife & himself in Hitler's bunker

Role range: 1939-1945

Suicide

Bodies of Goebbels, his wife & 5 children are found in a shelter near the Reichstag

Role range: 1939-1945

Succession

Named as Hitler's successor during the final days of in the bunker

Role range: 1939-1945