During World War II, Germany had the highest level of education of any nation in the world. The Nazis also valued education, and Goebbels surrounded himself with well-educated Germans, often those with Ph. D.s, for government ministers and other high-level Positions. For example, his right-hand man, Dr. Erich Naumann, was state secretary and Dr. Otto Dietrich was Undersecretary for Propaganda Ministry.64 Dr. Glasmayer was the radio minister who, even at the end of the war, was still encouraging Goebbels’ wild fanaticism.65
Dr. Hans Lammers, “the bullhead,” was head of Hitler’s Reich Chancellery and Secretary of the German War Cabinet. Hans Lammers served only six years in prison for his war crimes, specifically his responsibility for the many anti-Jewish decrees that Germany instituted which resulted in the slaughter of millions of Jews.66 Dr. Walter Funk was an undersecretary in the ministry of propaganda and Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart was Permanent Undersecretary to the Ministry of the Interior.67
Dr. Hans Hagen, a political officer attached to the Berlin Guards Regiment, described as a “highly excitable and self-important young man,” worked with Dr. Goebbels at the Propaganda Ministry.68 Other educated Nazis associated with Goebbels included Dr. Karl Goerdeler, the Reich price controller and Dr. Werner Best head of the Gestapo in occupied France and, later, the German minister in Copenhagen.69
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