Joseph Goebbels
Infobox officeholder | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-101-20A, Joseph Goebbels.jpg | image_size = | caption = Portrait by Heinrich Hoffmann, 1933 | order = Chancellor of Germany | status = | president = Karl Dönitz | term_start = 30 April 1945 | term_end = 1 May 1945 | predecessor = Adolf Hitler | successor = Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk (as Leading Minister) | order1 = Stadtpräsident of Berlin | term_start1 = 7 April 1944 | term_end1 = 1 May 1945 | predecessor1 = Ludwig Steeg | successor1 = Office abolished' | order2 = Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda | chancellor2 = Adolf Hitler | term_start2 = 14 March 1933 | term_end2 = 30 April 1945 | predecessor2 = Office established | successor2 = Werner Naumann | office3 = Gauleiter of Berlin | 1blankname3 = Führer | 1namedata3 = Adolf Hitler | term_start3 = 26 October 1926 | term_end3 = 1 May 1945 | predecessor3 = Ernst Schlange | successor3 = Office abolished | title4 = Additional positions | suboffice4 = Commander of the Volkssturm | subterm4 = 1944–1945 | suboffice5 = Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War | subterm5 = 1944—1945 | suboffice6 =Reichsleiter of the National Socialist German Workers' Party | subterm6 = 1933–1945 | suboffice7 = Member of the Greater German Reichstag | subterm7 = 1933—1945 | suboffice8 = Member of the Reichstag | subterm8 = 1928–1933 | birth_name = Paul Joseph Goebbels | birth_date = | birth_place = Rheydt, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Germany) | death_date = | death_place = Berlin, Nazi Germany | death_cause = Suicide | party = Nazi Party (1924–1945) | spouse = | children = Goebbels children | alma_mater = | occupation = | signature = Joseph Goebbels Signature.svg | footnotes = Formally titled "Leading Minister" or "Chief Minister" (Leitender Minister) | module = Paul Joseph Goebbels (ˈpaʊ̯l ˈjoːzɛf ˈɡœbl̩s; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945.
