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Goebbels on Churchill

4th February 1941: the German Propganda Minister attacks Churchill as a tyrant and war monger

Feb 04, 2026
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Josef Goebbels: Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda. Personally devoted to Hitler, he believed in the ‘Big Lie’ and was adept at building a false narrative.

Churchill was now closely identified with British defiance worldwide. The Nazis, deeply frustrated that the war continued in Western Europe, built on this perception. They wanted to cla…

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