Flamethrower. Biography of Joseph Goebbels

How does the biography of the “embodiment of absolute evil in world history” reveal the context of the era — the big and small evil events that flare up around one person? Can an irrepressible idealist, writer, agitator, and subtle manipulator coexist in one body? And if not, who wins? Is it possible, by expressing the hidden desires of society, to ignite the fire of hatred in it, and who can control this fire? Can evil ultimately not be banal, but turn into a symbol of one of the most terrible pages in human history? Alois Prinz meticulously explores all these difficult questions that make up the winding paths of life, propaganda, and pathological lies of Joseph Goebbels — and invites readers to join this research.