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Relates the life of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his role in formulating Hitler's policy of exterminating the Jewish people.

Uses only genuine archival film. Hitler's Henchmen tells the story of men closest to Hitler. Includes Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Josef Goebbels, Martin Bormann, Albert Speer and Heinrich Himmler.

"As a young man, Joseph Goebbels was a budding narcissist with constant need of approval. Through political involvement, he found personal affirmation within the German National Socialist Party. In this comprehensive volume, Peter Longerich documents Goebbels' descent into antisemitism and ideology and ascent through the ranks of the Nazi party, where he became an integral member Hitler's inner circle and where he shaped a brutal campaign of Nazi...