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Thula LaFollette (Rantz)
The Minister of Propaganda under Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels was a vain, cruel, manipulative man, but had an undeniable genius for propaganda. It was Goebbels, not Hitler, who first realized that the Olympic games could be a major coup for the Nazi state, since it would give Hitler a chance to trick the world into thinking that Germany was an enlightened, peaceful place. Goebbels was perhaps more responsible than any other single person for the success of the 1936 Olympic games; thanks to his careful manipulations of public opinion, thousands of powerful politicians and diplomats left Berlin singing Hitler’s praises.
Joseph Goebbels Quotes in The Boys in the Boat
The The Boys in the Boat quotes below are all either spoken by Joseph Goebbels or refer to Joseph Goebbels. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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And Hitler, as he listened to Goebbels, and knowing full well what he had planned for Germany in the days, months, and years ahead, had slowly begun to recognize the value in presenting a more attractive face to the world than his brown-shirted storm troopers and his black-shirted security forces had displayed thus far. At the very least, an Olympic interlude would help buy him time—time to convince the world of his peaceful intentions, even as he began to rebuild Germany's military and industrial power for the titanic struggle to come.
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Joseph Goebbels Quotes in The Boys in the Boat
The The Boys in the Boat quotes below are all either spoken by Joseph Goebbels or refer to Joseph Goebbels. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
And Hitler, as he listened to Goebbels, and knowing full well what he had planned for Germany in the days, months, and years ahead, had slowly begun to recognize the value in presenting a more attractive face to the world than his brown-shirted storm troopers and his black-shirted security forces had displayed thus far. At the very least, an Olympic interlude would help buy him time—time to convince the world of his peaceful intentions, even as he began to rebuild Germany's military and industrial power for the titanic struggle to come.
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