Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels sämtliche Fragmente

Four volumes of Goebbels' diaries, based on manuscript fragments, and an index volume. The critical introduction (cviii pp.) notes the influence of post-World War I antisemitic propaganda on Goebbels from an early period, and remarks on his extremism after the "Kristallnacht" pogrom. The diaries also reflect his involvement in the production of antisemitic propaganda films, with the full cooperation of director Veit Harlan (who later claimed he had been forced to participate). also quotes entries from June 1941 recording the atmosphere amongst the German leadership just before the invasion of the USSR, and providing important insight into the radicalization of Nazi racist ideology.