Paul Joseph Goebbels Biography

Appointed Member of NSDAP

Appointed Editor of The Volkische Freiheit

Appointed Business Manager of the Rhineland-North Gau

Appointed Gauleiter of Berlin-Brandenburg by Hitler

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

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

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

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

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

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

Appointed Member of Reichstag

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Advises party leaders anti-Jewish demonstrations should not be discouraged

Appointed Plenipotentiary for the Mobilization of Total War

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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