Goebbels

[gœ-buhls]

noun

1. Joseph Paul 1897–1945, German propaganda director for the Nazis.

Goebbels

/ ˈɡœbəls /

noun

1. Paul Joseph (paul ˈjoːzɛf). 1897–1945, German Nazi politician; minister of propaganda (1933–45)

Example Sentences

Paeans to “heritage” and “homeland” worthy of Goebbels.

From Los Angeles Times

The Bush administration’s false pretext for so-called preemptive war against Iraq was thoroughly in the tradition of Joseph Goebbels’ Big Lie or George Orwell’s Newspeak.

From Salon

In the first year of Nazi rule in Germany, the Expressionists continued to enjoy Goebbels’ patronage.

From Salon

The Hitler acolyte Joseph Goebbels once said that the big joke on democracy was that it provided its mortal enemies with the means of its own destruction.

From Salon

When he encounters the minister — an unnamed Joseph Goebbels — he sees him briefly as two distinct men.

From Los Angeles Times