Magda Goebbels

Politician

1901 – 1945

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Who was Magda Goebbels?

Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels was the wife of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi party, she was a close ally and political supporter of Adolf Hitler.

As Berlin was being overrun by the Red Army at the end of World War II, with Goebbels she fatally poisoned her six children in their sleep and then she and her husband committed suicide.

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Born
Nov 11, 1901
Berlin
Also known as
  • Magda Ritschel
  • Magda Quandt
  • Johanna Maria Magdalena Behrendt
  • Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels
  • Johanna Maria Magdalena
Parents
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • Germany
Education
  • Holzhausen Ladies' College
    (1919 - )
Lived in
  • Berlin
Died
May 1, 1945
Führerbunker

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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