

Goebbels came into contact with the Nazi Party in 1923 during the French occupation of the Ruhr and became a member in 1924. He also wrote novels and plays, but they were rejected by publishers.

from Heidelberg University in 1921, writing his doctoral thesis on 18th century romantic drama he then went on to work as a journalist and later a bank clerk and caller on the stock exchange. He played a hand in the Kristallnacht attack on the German Jews, which historians consider to be the beginning of the Final Solution, leading towards the genocide of the Holocaust. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism. German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
