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September 24, 2012 | Joseph Goebbels’ early letters show warning signs of anti-Semitic tyrant |
London: A young romantic Joseph Goebbels, one of Adolf Hitler’s close associates, began to show signs of anti-Semitism and egotistical and controlling behaviour, according to love letters, school papers and dramatic works of college age. Alexander Historical Auctions
– a Connecticut auction house selling the pre-war writings of Adolf Hitler - plans
to sell the collection on Sept. 27 in Stamford , saying it may prove invaluable
in providing historical and psychological insights. “It sums up the formative
years of the number two man in the Third Reich, who was responsible for motivating
the masses in Germany to back Hitler,” the Daily Mail quoted Bill Panagopulos,
the company’s president, as saying. “In my opinion, it shows how this rather simple,
shy and love-struck college student really just became radicalized,” he said.
The thousands of pages include Goebbels’ college dissertation, report cards, dozens
of poems, school essays and letters from family members, friends and girlfriends.
“You really get a feel for what’s going on in his head,” Panagopulos said. “There’s
a lot of information if somebody wants to dig into the mind of this man who grew
into a lunatic,” he said. In an early sign of his ego, Goebbels would sign some
of his materials with numerous signatures. Toward the later years of the collection,
Goebbels starts to show anti-Semitic tendencies, Panagopulos said. He added that
the auction house has only translated about 10 percent of the papers and has had
a tough time with Goebbels’ handwriting. Panagopulos said that the collection,
which spans the period up to shortly before he joined the Nazi party in 1924,
is expected to sell for more than 200,000 dollars. It includes more than 100 letters
written between Goebbels and Anka Stalherm, the first great love of his life,
and show his desire to control others, he said. Letters from other girlfriends
include a pair of sisters he seduced at the same time. In a letter to his teacher
after his sister died, he thanks his teacher for condolences but adds that his
loss is minor compared to losses suffered by ‘our fatherland’. Goebbels and his
wife killed their six children with cyanide before killing themselves the day
after Hitler’s suicide.
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