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We shall reach our goal, when we have the power to laugh as we destroy, as we smash, whatever was sacred to us as tradition, as education, and as human affection.

Joseph Goebbels

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Joseph Goebbels
Age: 47 †
Born: 1897
Born: October 29
Died: 1945
Died: May 1
Autobiographer
Demagogue
Diarist
German Politician
Journalist
Novelist
Politician
Propagandist
Screenwriter
Paul Joseph Goebbels
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