Goebbels’ early letters reveal start of anti-Semitism

The love letters, school papers, and dramatic works of a college-age Joseph Goebbels reveal a romantic young man beginning to show signs of anti-Semitism and egotistical behaviour, according to a Connecticut auction house selling the pre-war writings of Adolf Hitler’s propaganda chief.

Alexander Historical Auctions plans to sell the collection on Thursday in Stamford, saying it may provide historical and psychological insights.

“It sums up the formative years of the number two man in the Third Reich,” said Bill Panagopulos, AHA president. “In my opinion, it shows how this rather simple, shy and love-struck college student really just became radicalised.”