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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEET HILDE. 🎂

Hilde Goebbels posing for Heinrich Hoffmann. Christmas, 1943.

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1945

Letter written by Magda Goebbels from Schwanenwerder, dated February 1945, adressed to Helene ('Heli') Bouhler.

There's no date written on the letter, but the ink docket notes "12/2/1945". In the second picture, I underlined the word Kinder ("children") in red.

My dear Heli!

(...) A thousand thanks for thinking of me on my birthday and for the lovely chrysanthemums you sent me.

The children are growing and developing nicely and that is a great happiness for us. My husband works like a horse and I follow my obligations as well as I can. In this difficult time and with the added burden of more work for all of us I am nonetheless happy and in good form as far as my health is concerned. At the moment I am undergoing a course of injections for weight gain because I weigh only [?] kilograms. How much I long to see you again. If you don't come to Berlin I think I must invite myself to Nuszdorf. I would really like to do that after Christmas if you can't come to Berlin first. We are still in Schwanenwerder but at the end of the month we shall go to Berlin for three months.

source: Alexander Historical Auctions

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Calendar sheet in bigger size and better quality:

1944

Neues Volk. 1944 Calendar of the Racial Political Office of the NSDAP. 

One of the calendar sheets depicts Helga, Hilde, Helmut, Holde, Hedda and Heide Goebbels with their father in 1942.

Under the photograph, a quote by Joseph Goebbels can be read:

“I am making a very personal commitment when I say that children are our greatest happiness and our richest blessing on earth. They give joy and sunshine to our personal lives, and they also vouch for the immortality of our entire people.”

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HAPPY BBIRTHDAY DEAR HOLDE! 🎂

Holde Goebbels posing for Heinrich Hoffmann. Christmas, 1943.

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Little Helmut Goebbels sitting in his mother's lap in 1936.

source: Giel's Militaria. I got really happy when I found this image, as pictures of Helmut in 1936 are very scarce.

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Hallo Frida! Mich interessiert die konkrete Beschreibung der Beziehung der Kinder zu ihrer Mutter Magda. Waren die Kinder bei ihrem Vater besser dran? Wen mochten sie mehr? Und stimmt es, dass ihre Eltern ihnen nicht übermäßig ergeben waren? Danke!❤

Hi! There are different testimonies regarding the relationship of the children with their parents. I have collected the testimonies of family friends, workers and the children's nannies in the following section of my page: THE CHILDREN -> FAMILY LIFE (first post)

Based on different accounts :

Helga: According to Rochus Misch: "a definitely Daddy’s girl, with no great fondness for her mother”.

Hilde: I don't know, nothing is mentioned regarding her relationship with her parents.

Helmut: According to Kathe Hubner, his nanny, "Helmut was a little girlish and was not enough for the demands of his father to him”. I think Magda would have understood her only son's sensitive and dreamy character better than Joseph, who wanted his son to be a strong soldier, even when he was a little boy.

Holde: According to Hans Otto Meissner's biography on Magda Goebbels, Holde was “pushed aside” and "teased" by her older siblings. Her father, touched, responded to this by making her something of a favorite, to which she responded with devotion. In fact, on a diary entry Joseph made in the early months of 1939, he wrote Holde was “like a little angel”.

Hedda: I don't know, nothing is mentioned regarding her relationship with her parents.

Heide: when she was born, WW2 had already begun and as she grew, Joseph spent less and less time with her children. So I imagine she was closer to her mother. However, after Heide's birth Magda's physical and mental health suffered many blows, and she didn't spent much time with her children either...

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Did the Goebbels children spend there last days in the same bunker as Hitler spent his last days in?

Yes, they did. If you want to know more about it, I recommend you the 1945 -> 1945 section of my page, specially the Monday-Monday, April 23-30 paragraphs:

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Locks of hair from Goebbels children

Bronze case that belonged to one of Goebbels children's nannies. According to the auction house, this case was a personal gift from Joseph Goebbels to one of their children's nannies. On the top of the case, there is a button bearing a sun wheel swastika. Size of the case: 18x14 cm.

Inside the case there are six locks of hair from Joseph Goebbels children. Sadly, no more information is given.

source: Ratisbons Auction House. Sadly, there isn't any official document that proves that these six locks of hair truly belonged to the Goebbels children, only the consignor's word.

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I just realised that an Advent wreath seems to be placed on the table. Two candles seem to be lit. Thus, when this photo was taken, there were 2 weeks left for Christmas, 1938.

Helga, Hilde, Helmut and Holde Goebbels making Christmas crafts in December, 1938.

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Happy birthday, mischievous Heide! 🎂

Heide Goebbels in about 1944. This photograph was probably given by Magda to Joseph on his birthday in 1944. 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR HELMUT! 🎂

Helmut Goebbels posing for Heinrich Hoffmann. Christmas, 1943.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR HELGA! 🎂

Helga Goebbels in 1944. This photograph was probably given by Magda to Joseph on his birthday in 1944.

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Postcard photograph by Mahrenholz from Berlin, depicting Helga and Hilde Goebbels with their mother and half-brother Harald in 1934.

Inscribed by Magda Goebbels: "My dear Mrs. Steinberg - Mrs. Madga Goebbels - Christmas 1934".

source: Hermann-historica

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What are the last known photos of the Goebells children?

Hi! I am sorry, but I don't exactly know what you mean.

The last known photograph of the 6 Goebbels children alive, is the following one, taken in Summer 1944:

Individually, the last known photos of each child alive are as follows.

Helga (probably taken in October 1944):

Hilde (taken in October 1944 for her father's birthday):

Helmut Goebbels (taken on Christmas 1943):

Holde Goebbels (taken on Christmas 1943):

Hedda Goebbels (probably taken in October 1944):

Heide Goebbels (probably taken in October 1944):

If you mean literally their last photo (dead), there are many, but here I leave the clearest one. From farthest to nearest: Holde, Heide, Hilde, Helga, Hedda and Helmut.

Sorry for the watermarks, but all these photos have been edited, cleaned and enhanced by me. If you want any of them without watermark, you can write me privately and I'll send them to you =)

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Can you give me a brief biography on the Goebbels children? I am finding an interest in them but i don’t know a lot about them. Thank you!!!

Hi! If you want to know more about each child, I recommend you click on "THE CHILDREN" on the main bar. There you can find a short biography of each of them, where I gathered the information I found and keep finding in different books and sources.

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Colourised full portraits of the children in 1943

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR, MISCHIEVOUS HEDDA! 🎂

Hedda Goebbels posing for Heinrich Hoffmann. Christmas, 1943.