Joseph and Magda Goebbels and their six children committed suicide on April 30, 1945, a day after Adolf Hitler took his life. JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century.

Having failed to give his usual Christmas broadcast to Germany’s children, Dr. Goebbels rallied for New Year’s, and in a firm, clear voice expressed the general feeling in Germany that 1938 ...

Frau Magda is at present the wife of Paul Joseph Goebbels, head of the Nazi propaganda department, the most fanatic anti-Semite after Hitler. Her childhood friend, who fell victim to assassins in ...

Shortly after assuming the title of German führer ("leader" or "guide") in 1933, Hitler moved to consolidate his power through propaganda campaigns carefully orchestrated by Joseph Goebbels.