"The Goebbels Diaries, 1942-1943", Translated and Edited with notes by Louis P. Lochner, published by Doubleday, Garden City, New York in 1948, stated First Edition.

Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels' intimate and personal diaries, casting a glimpse into the last days of the Nazi empire.

Goebbels was closer to Hitler than any others and in 1942-1943, he wrote a gigantic personal diary covering every plot, every plan, every doubt, and jealousy and confidence of the closely guarded Nazi hierarchy. These diaries are an almost unbearably intimate record of unrelieved evil. These diaries are as remarkable as they are sinister. The additional commentaries by Paul Lochner provide helpful explanatory background to Goebbels' diary entries. Lochner's notes are based on his firsthand experience with Nazi leaders.

Ludwig (Louis) Paul Lochner (February 22, 1887 - January 8, 1975) was an American journalist and author. In 1924, Lochner was appointed to the Berlin bureau of Associated Press. He remained there until 1946; he twice interviewed Adolf Hitler, first in 1930 and then in 1933. He also conducted several interviews with Goebbels.
When the German invasion of Poland in 1939 led to World War II Lochner became the first foreign journalist to follow the German Army into battle. His bravery in remaining in Nazi Germany, despite the outbreak of hostilities, to provide objective and measured news coverage was rewarded with the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for correspondence. After the December 1941 declaration of war between Germany and the United States, the German government interned Americans remaining in the Third Reich. Lochner was held for nearly five months at Bad Nauheim near Frankfurt am Main before being released in May 1942 as part of a prisoner exchange for interned German diplomats and correspondents.

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Hard boards, original publisher’s black cloth, yellowish block with gilt lettering on spine [some wear]; 6" x 8.1/2"; covered name inside front cover [see photo]; frontispiece photo showing Lochner interviewing Goebbels, 566 pages including Index, very good condition.