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Abstract
Joseph Goebbels, Reich Propaganda Minister of National Socialist Germany and one of the most powerful Nazi politicians, committed suicide at the end of the Second World War together with his wife, Magda, thus escaping his political responsibilities. Prior to committing suicide, the Goebbels' conspired to murder their six children, and to this end, enlisted the help of the dentist Helmut Kunz. Not until 1959, however, did Kunz stand trial on six counts of aiding and abetting in a homicide. Using extensive court records, this article examines the life of the dentist Helmut Kunz, his function in the Third Reich, and his role in the murder of the Goebbels children.
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Title
'It's all over now.' The dentist Helmut Kunz and the killing of Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' children at the end of the Third Reich
Author
Heit, Alexander 1 ; Westemeier, Jens 2 ; Gross, Dominik 2 ; Schmidt, Mathias 2
1 University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Humanities, Department of History, Essen, Germany
2 Institute for the History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
1 University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Humanities, Department of History, Essen, Germany
2 Institute for the History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Pages
997-1000
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Dec 2019
ISSN
00070610
e-ISSN
14765373
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2327345339
Copyright
Copyright Nature Publishing Group Dec 2019