In place of a slave colony, we want a restored German national state. The state is not an end in itself for us, but rather a means to an end. The tru… - Joseph Goebbels

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In place of a slave colony, we want a restored German national state. The state is not an end in itself for us, but rather a means to an end. The true end is the race, the sum of all the living, creative forces of the people. The structure that today calls itself the German republic is not a way to maintain our racial inheritance. It has become an end in itself with no real connection to the people and their needs.

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About Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany. was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi German from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted associates, and was known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Heinrich Hoffmann (CC BY-SA)

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Also Known As: The Poison Dwarf
Alternative Names: Paul Joseph Goebbels Goebbels PJG Joseph Göbbels Josef Goebbels

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