"The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never again escape from it," wrote Joseph Goebbels in ...

A rare collection of propaganda posters from the Second World War is going up for auction for £10,000. Some of the 150 posters, designed to enlist the public’s help in the war effort, never made it ...

Joseph Goebbels embraced barbarism to escape the chaos of his time. By John Gray A holiday snap of a picnic encapsulates the peculiarly ambiguous position occupied by Joseph Goebbels in the Nazi ...

Propaganda, the art of influencing public opinion, has permeated history, shaping political narratives and legitimizing actions. Two stark examples of this phenomenon are the masterful manipulation of ...

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