Talk:Magda Goebbels/Archive 1

Archive 1

Goebbels Children Death Method??

The Wiki on Untergang says that the Goebbels children died as a result of a gunshot wound after morphine had been administered. This article on Magda says it was morphine and cyanide caps. Any comments on which one is justifiably correct? Can anyone quote an authoritative source. I remember seeing a History Channel show that included death pictures of the girls, and none showed any evidence of major wounds. Stringbean 17:54, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Otto Meissner, Anja Klabunde, Traudl Junge AND the actual movie Untergang say morphine and oral cyanide, the only query is whether the morphine was administered orally or by injection. I have never seen a source, good or bad, suggest a gunshot. --Zeraeph 00:02, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Misc Text

Wouldn't Karl Dönitz' wife (if he had one; his article didn't mention anything) be the "First" Lady? "First" describes something related to the head of state, rather than the head of government (i.e. Joseph Goebbels). --Sesel 06:04, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hoover rumour

Someone put in the bit about Hoover's nephew. I asked for a source, and they said it was David Irving. Then I realized I'd read it somewhere else but can't remember where. The Irving citation comes from his book on Goebbels which is from his later period. Not including anything having to do with his creepy Holocaust denials, early Irving can be somewhat reliable and interesting, though not always scholarly. Later Irving is wontedly unreliable and sloppy, corroboration is always needed. I've characterized this as a rumour since I don't mind seeing raw gossip from Irving that I've heard elsewhere, but it's a bit dodgy. Wyss 15:18, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Goebbels family picture..

Is that family picture with the uniformed "Son" in the background doctored? I thought that the family consisted of six young children. It looks almost fake, or photoshopped in. Can someone confirm the picture?

It's a true picture. Magda had an older son named Harald Quandt, by Dr. Quandt (he served in the Luftwaffe and was in Berlin on leave when the picture was taken). She murdered her six children by Joseph Goebbels but his stepson survived. It's not a great scan, looks to me like it's been shrunk and enlarged once, maybe that's why it looks odd. Also, try getting a snap of six squirming kids and three adults sometime without picking up some strange facial expressions :) By all accounts they were happy, bright children, it's a horrific story. Wyss 12:55, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

It may be a true picture, but that image of their son is definitely composited. The lighting on his face is too harsh for him to have been present (compare to the lighting elsewhere). I remember reading an explanation for this once - that he couldn't be present, or similar - but cannot remember where.

Ludwig

(I removed overt references to Untergang, it is not history, it is a film, it doesn't deserve a paragraph of its own) It was my understanding that Ludwig Stumpfegger left the bunker on May 1st, how then would he have been involved in the murder of the children the night of the 1st/2nd? It seems unlikely that he was involved beyond the initial morphine doseage, since the residents of the bunker all had cyanide capsules, there is no reason to think that Stumpfegger needed to be there during the cyanide poisoning, and unless I'm missing something, history seems to support that he left on the 1st. Sherurcij ^{(talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject)} 00:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Theres a wrong information in this article

She didnt commited suicide,she was killed by Mr. Goebbels...That should be noted,since the article say she commited suicide,while its a historical fact that Mr. Goebbels killed her and then himself.Maybe she agreed to be killed,but its still not a suicide.Someone should fix that.

YXYX 02:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

No I think its a subject of controversy. I have found at least one source [1] saying she poisoned herself. nadav 04:14, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Well,if 10 sources say she was killed and only one say she poisoned herself,then we should write that she was killed,but mention that theres a controversy about it,not the otherwise...Dont you think?

YXYX 08:10, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

That is true. Can you find sources to back you up? If you can establish that there is a certain majority opinion, then we can change the article. As it is, the article indicates that the accounts are contradictory:

The details of their suicides are uncertain. One SS officer later said they each took cyanide and were then shot by an SS trooper. An early report said they were machine-gunned to death at their own request. According to another account, Joseph shot Magda and then himself (this idea is presented in the movie Downfall).

Maybe most witnesses back the latter account; if you can point me to a secondary source about this controversy I would be glad. nadav 09:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

HAHAHA THE NEW PICTURE IS FUNNY AS HELL......You claim that she commited suicide,then you show a picture of her being shot at.....How is that called a suicide,when someonw shoot you,even if you agreed on it,it still isnt a suicide.....The words under the picture are also hilarious: "Suicide" hehhe,how is that a suicide when someone shoot you? YXYX 06:10, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Please notice that the picture is a still from a film that is historical fiction. It depicts a version of the events chosen by the movie's creators. nadav 00:51, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

This article stands in direct conflict with Wikipedia articles on Haim Arlosoroff and Richard Friedlander. They can't all be correct, but someone who actually knows should fix this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DebbieDiaval (talk • contribs) 01:49, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Sources will differ at times. I did add the cited text from Friedlander bio article. Kierzek (talk) 15:15, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Getting the facts straight

If this article were covered by WP:LIVING I suspect that at LEAST User:Addiderfuhrer would be raising cain on a regular basis on Jimbo's talk page!

Trouble is that, as far as I can tell, everything that was ever generally known about Magda was a little fuzzy, and perhaps deliberately and expeditiously so, whether instigated by Auguste Behrend (her, I suspect, somewhat redoubtable mother), Josef Goebbels or Magda herself. In the context of the times, Magda had a tendency to be a bit of a scandal, starting young, with the circumstances of her birth. In 1901, illegitimacy was a terrible disgrace (illegitimate people could not become Catholic Priests or even join some countries civil services, there were countries in which they could not marry) and a single mother would be viewed as beyond salvage, but whether Magda was illegitimate or not has never been made completely clear.

Even the most, apparently, reputable sources seem to trace back to vintage rumor mills, and the likes of David Irving and Anja Klabunde seem determined to present her as a prototype for "The Nazi Wives Club" (including, but not limited to, the existance of a bespectacled, gun toting, Zionist lover).

I think the article needs to recognise and present that ambiguity, with as many sources as possible, even when they may not be entirely reliable in the usual sense, presented as the suggestions and rumors they are. I have the Meisener bio in the way to me, which may present sources for some of the information that is unsourced here, but it cannot be taken as a reliable source on anything he did not see for himself, because he could only write whatever he believed to be true, and what he believed to be true about Magda's earlier life may have had no basis in fact at all. --Zeraeph 21:02, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

If I knew anything about this, I would help you. The references are almost entirely in German, so I suspect this article was translated from the German Wikipedia. So that explains the total lack of inline citations. I don't know what the best English secondary sources are for info on her life. nadav 23:52, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

My German is not exactly "haute", but it also seems to me that it was translated from the German article, which totally lacks inline citations too, though there is a reference section. But "guess where the reference goes" is a tricky game even in a language I can speak! :o/ Still maybe there are a few citations to be had. --Zeraeph 00:47, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Interesting Variations

I did check the German article properly and it seems to have a totally different slant in terms of the part Magda played in the presentation of propaganda and her role as a Nazi Ideal. Though without inline citations, the article seems to have excellent sources.

It mentions that she drank (to, at least, sources suggest, a degree of excess) smoked, was a frequent flyer in terms of "Sanatariums" (I don't blame her!) and the sources suggest that she had at least three documented abortions. The French article is similar (I have seen it stated that Magda spoke French far more naturally than German, having been primarily raised in that language in Brussels) was extremelly ambitious and the only woman with whom Hitler discussed policy (lucky Magda! :o/ ). Though it does pay more attention to Arlosoroff.

It seems that a degree of POV has been creeping in, though perhaps not the fault of the editors? As the English language sources do tend to sanitise and romanticise Magda in a way the European sources do not. Conversely, the European sources present her ability and emancipation in a way the English sources do not.--Zeraeph 13:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

That really is interesting. My theory is that most or many editors were introduced to her life through the the German movie Der Untergang, and so have injected some Hollywood into her bio. Thanks a lot for the great cleanup job! nadav (talk) 15:00, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Don't let David Irving off the hook! I think he even managed to extend Lída Baarová by about 18 inches so that she could tower over Geobbels (which reminds me, still SO much more work to be done on this article, it is nowhere near complete without any mention of "engelchen's" little "hobbies and interests" and the devastating toll they took)!

Meissener was interesting and very informative. You have to allow for his consideration and diplomacy, Arlosoroff was, for example, probably described in far greater and more dashing detail than anywhere else, but only after chopping 5 years off his age, assuring the reader that he could not be identified because he was still alive with a wife and children in Europe, and coyly referring to him as "Ernest"! (DEFINITELY on the edges of WP:RS to cite THAT! But on the other hand, she hardly made a habit of associating with young men who acted out their distress through the irresponsible use of firearms!) You also have to allow for the fact that, as Magda was an aquaintance of his mother's, his personal memories were, somewhat, filtered through what was considered "comme il faut devant les enfants" :o) Bluntly, how much do ANY of us get to know about the more controversial aspects of the personal lives of our honorary "Aunties" (or Uncles). Even so, his account of other aspects of those he describes rings very true. For instance, he mentions that Magda suffered from Trigeminal Neuralgia in her face (which has yet to go into the article) which, I discover is a truly devastating condition that, while generally benign, is considered to generate the most intense pain of any condition, sporadically, and largely without warning. Having, as far as I can tell, briefly suffered a variety of something very similar for a (mercifully short) while many years ago, I can attest that this would definately tend to turn your head inside out whenever it manifested, and predispose the individual to self medicate with literally ANYTHING (which, of course is, at this point WP:OR). He also interviewed Magda's otherwise rather elusive and mysterious mother Auguste Behrend, and provides, at least, a faint impression of the person she was. Between nthe lines (which DEFINATELY does not conform to WP:RS) are some fascinating hints at the rest of the story. --Zeraeph 18:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Magda Goebbels & The Nephew of Herbert Hoover

"President Hoover did not have a nephew named Herbert Hoover. He had only one nephew, his sister's son Van Ness Hoover Leavitt. Leavitt worked in the radio industry and married Dorothy Berry in 1928. They lived in Santa Monica, California. Leavitt did not have a close relationship with his uncle; it seems unlikely that he would have had the opportunity to meet Madga Quandt in 1927." Found here: http://www.fsmitha.com/reader/magda.htmlaltj1 17:54, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

That's a link to "reader comments" on a website, which wouldn't be taken as a reliable source. The article text on this is cited to Otto Meißner's book about her, so it's strongly verifiable, true or not. Gwen Gale (talk) 12:05, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Mail delivery

From the article:

Two days earlier, Magda wrote a farewell letter to her son Harald Quandt, who was in a POW camp in North Africa.

Did she address it to him at the POW camp? Did he receive it there? Did mail travel from a neighborhood in Berlin surrounded then by Allied troops to places remote from there? Michael Hardy (talk) 04:47, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Two days earlier than what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.65.222 (talk) 16:47, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Going by the text only, this would mean "two days before she and the children came to the bunker." However, since the text is unsourced (though I've seen strong sources on this letter elsewhere), I'd be wary of reading much into this timing. Also, the text may have been garbled some by earlier edits. As an aside, throughout that war, by far most letters to POWs were sent through the Red Cross. The letter most likely took weeks or even months wending its way by this means to Quandt, so one would think that he got the letter some time after he first heard news that his mother and half-siblings were dead. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:21, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Yes, the text does suggest "two days before she and the children came to the bunker" but in the letter itself she says "By now we have been in the Führerbunker for six days already". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.65.222 (talk) 17:43, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Known For?

I removed "loyalty to Adolf Hitler" from the "Known for" summary in the colored box at the top right of the page. In this same article, under the section headed "War Years," there are two examples (from as early on in the war of 1942 and 1944) of Mrs. Goebbels allegedly criticizing Hitler in words that would have put a less well-connected person in Nazi Germany in grave danger of being sent off to a concentration camp-- and many a well-connected German got sent to the camps for words of that kind, too. If Mrs. Goebbels actually said these things, it actually puts her towards the front of the pack of famous Nazis as far as turning on Hitler goes, rather than making her noteworthy as a stalwart Hitler-buddy. For instance, in Speer's memoir, he describes Keitel and Bormann as sucking up to Hitler until almost the very last moment of disaster for Hitler's regime, and describes himself as being fascinated with and mesmerized by Hitler until their last face-to-face meeting (and this last meeting was even months after Speer decided that Hitler did a lot of things wrong, disobeyed and even tried to thwart the execution orders Hitler thought were important enough to have other people shot for not executing quickly enough, and, he claimed, plotted to kill Hitler).

Therefore, although she may have known Hitler well and admired him at one point (many people did), I think it's inappropriate for her article, out of all the Wikipedia articles about particular people, to state "known for being loyal to Adolf Hitler" in such a prominent place on the page. The sentence towards the beginning of the article stating that she was his close friend and ally strikes me as only borderline acceptable, as well.

Granted, it's horrible and a shame for anyone to have had such a close relationship to Hitler and to have supported him at all, but it doesn't seem to jibe exactly with the evidence on this page to sum up the importance of this particular WWII-era German's life as "loyalty to Hitler." Her real significance is that she was Goebbels' wife.

It's also not socially responsible for Wikipedia to mis-characterize people who turn on war-mongering, mass-murdering dictators-- to their own great personal danger-- as chiefly notable for being ardent supporters. People who are in the camp of the world's notorious criminals should feel that if they decide to turn around and do the right thing, history will remember them for it.

Another thing that makes this kind of specious is that most people are under a misimpression that all of Germany knew that Hitler was planning on starting wars or mass-murdering Jews when they elected him and were cheering him at rallies. As far as I've read or heard, there were something like one or two public statements from Hitler that he was going to "destroy the Jewish nation"-- one in 1939 (quite a while after Hitler started his political career and gained a lot of popularity) and another even later. Also, the phrase "destroy the Jewish nation" is a far cry from stating specifically that people were going to be, say, round up, put on trains, and sent on the trains to extermination camps. It's at least understandable that many or most people could take it to be a rhetorical phrase, meaning something like is typically meant when people say they are going to "ruin" somebody-- it doesn't mean kill. At least, when you read a lot about WWII, what you come up again and again is that the average German who was alive during WWII will say they had no idea that the Holocaust-- the actual mass-murdering-- was going on, and even many people in the regime didn't exactly know. What Hitler's speeches that brought him to power and his book Mein Kampf are actually full of for the most part, so I hear, are not promises to kill all the Jews, but instead hundreds of pages of detailed explanation of why the Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic were terrible things, as well as other criticisms of events in German history. So what the public anti-Jewish Nazi rhetoric really amounted to (at least before state opression of the Jews started showing a little bit of what the rhetoric actually stood for) was more like the Republicans in America today getting people angry about immigration to America. So far, the Republicans haven't started reporting a plan to kill minorities. As far as war, the German populous didn't want it, was surprised when it actually broke out, and Hitler's popularity and public morale took a dip when it did break out. The average European, including of course the average German, was in no mood for a war so soon after the incredible horror of WWI-- only the nutty warmongers like Hitler and the most enthusiastic Nazis were (but once someone turns your country into a fascist state and has spent years shipping all sorts of people off to gulags, it's kind of intimidating for most people to try to screw up the fascist dictator's plan for a war). All the documentary footage of enthusiastic, huge crowds of Germans cheering the Nazis shown in documentaries is actually from before the war started, or is footage of press-ganged crowds rounded up by the Propaganda Ministry or Nazi Party. In light of the misimpression people have about how informed the average German was about Hitler's plans for war and genocide, it's especially misleading to call someone who actually had a questionable track record of loyalty to Hitler notable for being loyal. After all, even some Germans who are primarily famous for conspiring against the Nazis or defying the Nazis started out as Nazi-supporters before they realized what kind of people the core Nazis really were, became informed of every horrible item Nazi ideology contained (usually things like the racism or opposition to churches or both turned formerly supportive people into opponents), or how incompetent/mad Hitler was.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.3.104.225 (talk) 05:47, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Money and her involvement with Jews

• Involvement in murder of Haim Arlozoroff?
  According to the Abba Ahimeir website (here), research done by Nathan Shore showed that Haim Arlozorow - the head of the Jewish Agency who was murdered in 1933, was the former lover of Magda, and that conspiracy theories in Germany had it that she later had him murdered with henchmen according to Goebbels' order. פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 21:21, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

• OK. A less conspirative account of the case is given by Ynet (here). Magda went out with Haim Arlozorow but he decided to go to Israel and left her. He went back to Germany in an attempt to free Jewish assets in Germany, and called Magda, but she banged the phone down on him. According to the current wp article, it was a Liza Arlozorow, Haim's sister that she had known, and not Haim himself... The way conspiracy theories like to grow. פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 22:52, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

• And a full documentation of the development of the conspiracy is given (in Hebrew) by Eli Eshed (here). The first to mention it was Bellah Frum in 1944 who claimed the Gestapo tried to kill her in order to prevent her from telling about the Jewish connections of the Goebbels'. Then some facts were added in 1999 by Anja Klabunde from her imagination, and a third author Anna Marie Zigmond gave some other postulations about the so called romantic affair, changing the American suitor with Haim Arlozorow as the reason for her breakup with Quartt.
• According to Klabunde, she found the diaries of a Jewish newsman and friend of Haims' named Robert Waltch. In these he reports that Haim saw Magda's picture in the paper with Goebbels and almost fainted. He then called her, but she told him it was endangering her, and ended a second call of his by slamming the phone down. He wrote a second letter according to Klabunde that he now felt it was a grave mistake and he put himself in danger as well. She concludes that they were not just acquaintances but rather lovers. פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 02:22, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
• It turns out that according to Lisa's (Haim's sister's) friends, the Flash family, Lisa believed to her last day that Nazis did it, but never discussed it for fear of neo-Nazi retaliation. This was also the common view of the Jewish Revisionist movement (lead by Jabotinsky and later Menachem Begin).
• And here's further speculation and on the other hand facts that disprove these speculations (relationship with someone from President Hoover's family)
• Again, plausibly all of this leans on a few feeble facts that probably have nothing to do with romance nor with murder.
• Here's the full book (Hebrew) 'Nazi women' bringing down the theories as facts about Magda.
• According to "The Marker" (Hebrew), her granddaughters are billionaires with shares in BMW, Daimler Benz (Mercedes) and more.

• This whole search started because I remembered reading that Magda like queen Esther was approached by some Jew and asked to help out and actually did save Jews. I recalled that she organized the meeting between Mazor and Himmler. But I now read again and was reminded that it was Felix Kersten who organized the meetings of Himmler with Mazor and with Bernadot. פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 02:22, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
• I fail to understand what's so wrong with my repeatedly erased comment (from Marriage with Goebbels): "On 1 September 1930, Magda joined the Nazi party as volunteer activist, although never characterized as politically active, and rather amazingly, despite her partly Jewish parental and social decent, and regardless her obvious liberal attitude towards others' religion and culture." - Indeed quite disturbing remarks, yet duly based on reliable facts, so why deny and reject them ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by D. H. S. (talk • contribs) 20:12, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

• It clearly includes WP:Fringe and WP:OR and lack of NPOV of what you have kept pushing for inclusion and keeps therefore being removed. You have been around long enough to read and learn Wikipedia policies. Kierzek (talk) 14:54, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

• OK then! let me have another try with this (revised) text:- "On 1 September 1930, Although never characterized as politically active, despite her father's Jewish decent, and regardless her own social liberal attitude towards the other's faith and culture, Magda joined the Nazi party as volunteer activist". - If now acceptable and conforms the rules, let me know and I'll add it to the page. user D.H.S.— Preceding unsigned comment added by D.H.S. S. (talk • Special:Contributions/D.H.S.contribs) 14:40, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

• "Although never characterized as politically active, and despite her father's Jewish decent, and regardless her own social liberal attitude towards the other's faith and culture." Nope, same problems. Kierzek (talk) 23:54, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

her lifestyle

In "War Years" we find "Most likely due to her lifestyle and weak heart, she was often ill and bedridden." What in her lifestyle caused this? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 02:41, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Magda Goebbels/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Both Magda and Joseph Goebbels are said to have been disappointed when Germany went to war, believing it to be dangerous for the country In the article about Goebbels it says he was very into the idea of all out war... doesnt that contradict this one? 70.95.203.189 03:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC) Thought the line about disappointment has now gone (it wasn't immediately verifiable) I would like to point out that contradicting himself, often in the course of a single essay, speech, or even diary entry was somewhat habitual with Josef Goebbels take a look at his Machaevellian essays and see for yourself [2] --Zeraeph 00:51, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

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Magda's relation with Zionist related Jews

Why does the article not mention Magda's affair with Zionist Victor Haim Arlosoroff together with whom she considered emigrating to Palestine and live a Jewish life when she was 23? She was made familiar with the Jewish faith via her step-biological father Friedlander. She used to wear a David's Star jewelry. See German Wikipedia. Ontologix (talk) 02:45, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

That would have to be WP:RS cited and frankly, I don't know if it is cited to an RS source or sources in German Wikipedia or cited at all. Kierzek (talk) 21:34, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

FURTHETRMORE !!! - The above reliable data is based on Anja Klabunde's biography of Magda Goebbels, ISBN 3-570-00114-8 from 1999 (included in the page's referances), following the author's interviews with Arlosoroff's family in Israel. It affirms Magda's sincere youth friendship with her Jewish classmate Sima, which led to intimate affair with the friend's brother, Victor Haim, already an ardent Zionist, who later emigrated to Palestine, to be nominated there there as foreign minister of the Jewish Agency.

The above relevant and approved data, which was already contained in page's edit: 09:13, 5 April 2020‎ D.H.S. talk contribs ???, was promptly deleted, and for sake of accuracy, I'll appreciate if it would be soon RESTORED...! D. H. S. (talk) 11:11, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

I asked @Obenritter: to review the source and matter in general, which he has now done' He also made an addition on the matter to the body of the article. Kierzek (talk) 19:57, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

So why was was this duely authenticized data is repeatedly erased and (partly) deleted ??? - Well, here it was restored again, (hopefully to survive as originally updated). D.H.S. (User talk: D.H.S. talk) 09:32, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Once again now! (Sept. 6th 2020) Help is required to convince "Kierzek", for sake of adequate reliable World War history, to allow the undisputed yet difficult to admit fact, of Magda's turning from decenty educated liberal person, to be attracted by, and admitted to the highest hard core Nazi Party, regardless of her clear "Jewish stain". - WHY CONCEAL SUCH DATA?

I had to revert again because of original research and specific unproven point of view was inserted in the edit. If it can be written in an objective and neutral point of view, as Wikipedia requires, with proper citing to a reliable source then it can be added. But you need to not write it in Wikipedia’s voice and need to stop pushing that she was the daughter of her step-father; that is not the conclusion of mainline historians. You’ve never had consensus to add it; therefore, if you do not follow the policies of Wikipedia as established, just because you don’t like it, you will keep getting reverted. Kierzek (talk) 21:26, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Kindly note (and please trust!) the following documented, undisputed data: 1. On August 2016, German historian Oliver Hilmes traced in Berlin's residence archives, Richard Frienlander's citizen file, bearing his Jewish ethnic decent, and his declared deposition of being Magda's biological father, (First published in the German "BILD" of 19th August 2016). Hence aside of the daughter's equally warm relations with Oskar Ritshel, her mother's ex husband. 2. Likewise there is no doubt of Magda's youth friendship with her Jewish school mate, Lisa Arlosorov, and then, even romance like, with her brother Victor-Haim, until his emigration to British ruled Palestine. (See Magda's biography by Anja Klabunde, ISBN 3-570-00114-8). - Indeed, quite embarrassing facts to admit, yet NO VALID REASON TO IGNORE...!

Undisputed. That's not true as if it were, there would be a significant number of historians supporting this claim. Moreover, until this connection is proven by way of DNA or shows up in an academic work, some "affidavit" showing up in sensationalist media story does not qualify as "proof". Like Kierzek informed you, this assertion needs to be qualified by a better source and then published in a respectable journal or academic book before it is included.

Indeed, no DNA to prove Magda's biological father was of Jewish ethnic , as duly declared and recorded at the Berlin's OFFICIAL population registry, and further by his recorded fate (in 1938) as deported Jewish prisoner at Dachau labor camp. - Indeed, equally no further affidavit is needed to support Magda's past, youth friendship with Jews, as widely accepted and clearly recorded, by past and recent reliable media. So why make it harder about her (partial) Jewish decent, than we do with Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein or Karl Marx, with no DNA tests to prove it?

You’re beating a dead horse until a historian or historians prove sufficient objective evidence (and it is published in a respectable journal or academic book as Oberitter states above), which you have not provided. Kierzek (talk) 18:11, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

* * * Our dead horse was revived in 2016 by historian Oliver Hilmesonly! - As updated hereunder in "Magda's Religion" !!! So let us point the unavoidable comment of Magda's unbelievable "switch" from (half) good Jewish girl, to the ardent Nazi wife of even harder core Nazi, Joseph Goebbels, and update accordingly her page  Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.104.225 (talk) 17:36, 3 Oct. 2020 (UTC)

Magda's religion?

Hi, it is unclear from a reading of the article what Magda's religion was. Could someone please clarify this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:C478:5C90:7816:EBA4:C313:1A6A (talk) 00:14, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Well, it states when she converted from "nominal Catholicism to Protestantism", before becoming a Nazi Party member and strong supporter of Hitler. So, in the following years, one could argue it is not shown to be of any importance. Kierzek (talk) 21:40, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

No matter duly converted later to Protestant, Magda was born to Auguste Behrendher, her (still single) Catholic mother, and her equally unwed Jewish friend, Richard Friedlander, being the girl's biological father, as declared in his residency registration at the Berlin archives (revealed there by historian Oliver Hilmesonly only by 2016). Thus, no matter Magda's equally fair relations with Oscar Ritschel, the Mother's first husband, whose name she girl kept even after he divorced her mother. However, by 1938 Friedlander was deported as Jewish labor prisoner, to the Dachau Labor camp, where he perished, ignored and denied by his (half ethnic Jewish!) daughter, wed by then to Joseph Goebbels, sheer Nazi, already the Reich's Minister of Propaganda. user IP 95.35.174.39

Actually the above was — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.111.64 (talk) 12:48, 1 February 2021 (UTC) What possible motive could there have been for them to provide the wrong IP number? Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:49, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

You provided no source for Magda Goebbels being born Jewish, and so your addition was reverted, and will continue to be reverted unless you provide citatons from reliable sources. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:45, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Time for IP 85.250.111.64 to give up, and cease his consistent disruptive editing attempts! No more attempts to mention Magda's amazing audacity to join the Nazi party, with her "stain" of Jewish biologic father, as revealed (in 2016) from Friedlander's registry card at the Berlin population archives. Yet, why not re-consider and insert my disaproved (or similar) edit, as follows:

• "In 1930, Magda attended a meeting of the Nazi Party where she was impressed by one of the speakers, Joseph Goebbels, Gauleiter of Berlin. Although never been politically active, and regardless of her apparent Jewish background, and recent Jewish youth friends, Magda joined the Nazi party on 1 September 1930. She started with whatever volunteer work at the local branch, then moved to the headquarters....." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.250.111.64 (talk) 12:10, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

• Unsourced. Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:26, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Quote conveyed via Ello Quant

This was the subject of a short discussion at the reference desk. Linking from here in case any other editors are curious about that quote and its veracity. Beorhtwulf (talk) 02:30, 10 May 2020 (UTC)