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Paul Joseph Goebbels was a small man with a large head, a crippled foot, and a fragile body, but his voice was mesmerizing. Unlike Adolf Hitler, whose rough voice sometimes broke when he reached a fever pitch of oration, Goebbels' speech was deep and resonant, never wavering from its carefully crafted message of German superiority and rabid anti-Semitism.

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As Hitler's Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, Goebbels masterminded the Nazi propaganda machine and executed its murderous agenda. And no one believed his message more than Goebbels himself. As a child he had polio, which left him with a deformed foot and one leg two inches shorter than the other. This caused him to be rejected for military service during World War I.

Instead he earned a Ph. Though his imagination found an outlet in poetry and fiction, Goebbels' literary and oratorical gifts were better suited to the overblown political rhetoric of the Nazi Party, which he joined in Rising swiftly through the ranks, Goebbels was given the task of building up Nazi support in Berlin. He published a weekly newspaper Der Angriff "The Assault" , designed posters, staged impressive parades, and even organized his bodyguards to participate in beer hall brawls.

With his powerful voice and unscrupulous instincts, he played upon the German people's economic fears to create support for the National Socialist cause. One Vast Propaganda Machine When Hitler ascended to power in , Goebbels took over the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, which controlled radio, press, publishing, cinema and the other arts.