Goebbels, Magda

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Name (Hebrew)
גבלס, מגדה
Name (Latin)
Goebbels, Magda
Other forms of name
Behrend, Johanna Maria Magdalena, 1901-1945
Goebbels, Magda Ritschel
Date of birth
1901-11-11
Date of death
1945-05-01
Field of activity
Officers' spouses
Associated Language
ger
Gender
female
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1901
d. 1945
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 27862969
Wikidata: Q57202
Library of congress: n 80089708
Sources of Information
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1901; d. 1945)
  • Magda Goebbels, 2013:t.p. (Magda Goebbels) p.19 (Johanna Maria Magdalena Behrend born in Berlin in 1901; wife of Joseph Goebbels)
  • Her Die deutsche Mutter ... 1933.
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Wikipedia description:

Johanna Maria Magdalena Goebbels (née Ritschel; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and political supporter of Adolf Hitler. Some historians refer to her as the unofficial "first lady" of Nazi Germany, while others give that title to Emmy Göring. With defeat imminent during the Battle of Berlin at the end of World War II in Europe, she and her husband murdered their six children with a cyanide compound before committing suicide in the Reich Chancellery gardens. Her eldest son, Harald Quandt, from a previous marriage to Günther Quandt, survived her.

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