goebbels

Dr. Joseph Goebbels was a notorious womanizer with a multitude of affairs, with the most infamous example being with the Czech actress Lida Baarova. Now Hitler has excused bad behavior from his close subordinates before, particularly with Julius Streicher and Hermann Esser. But there were two...

I've been ruminating over this question for a long time because it simply fascinates me in spite of the sludge of Nazi threads. That question being the title of this post- the validity and plausibility of Führer Joseph Goebbels. To sum it up, the ideology of Joseph Goebbels was, from what I...

In a Nazi victory scenario where Germany stretches from France to the Urals, Hitler is expected to die in the years around 1950. At first glance, the succession revolves around a few key groups: the Party, the Army and the SS. With Himmler toxic to many, could the Party ally with members of the...

In 1997, Hwang Jang-yop defected from North Korea. His role in creating Juche and prominent role in North Korea's founding led the Washington Post to compare his defection to if Goebbels had defected from Nazi Germany. So what if Goebbels did defect? How would things have to evolve in Germany...

In 1938, while visiting Italy, notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel apparently crossed paths with these two high-ranking Nazi officials. He would later quip that he wished he'd killed Göring when he had the chance. So, let's say Siegel had killed these two. What would the repercussions be for the...