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Pre 1945: A daring portrayal of Magda Goebbels – wife of Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels
Magda
What you need to know before your trail
Magda is born at the beginning of the 20th century, the illegitimate child of a maidservant who feels burdened with a daughter she does not want. The girl grows up to become an ambitious woman, desperate for love and recognition. When Magda meets Joseph Goebbels, he appears to answer all her needs, and together they have six children. Towards the end of the Second World War, Magda has become physically and emotionally sick. As she takes her children into the Führer’s bunker, her eldest daughter Helga experiences an overwhelming sense of foreboding
Locations
Reset- Germany - Berlin
- A: Hitler's Bunker
- B: Reichstag Building
- C: DDR Museum
- D: Topography of Terror
Travel Guide
Berlin
This is the story of a family confined to Hitler’s Bunker in Berlin.
Magda Goebbels was married Joseph Goebbels who was the Propaganda Minister to the Third Reich. He is a womaniser and Hitler encourages her to stay with him. She, he says is a role model for the German people and they need her, as he does.
Much is known of Joseph Goebbels but not so much about his wife. This is a lady who had led a mad and strange life even before this story starts but this short story examines some of the madness strewn path leading up to the event of her killing all six of her children before committing suicide in the bunker.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Magda
Destination: Berlin, Germany Author/Guide: Meike Ziervogel Departure Time: Leading up to 1945
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