Michael (novel)

Michael: A German Destiny in Diary Form (ISBN 0941693007) is a semi-autobiographical novel authored by the German propagandist Joseph Goebbels, it was rejected for publication but later published in 1929 by NSDAP officials against Goebbels' wishes.^[1] It is a three-part work of which only Parts I and III have survived.^[2] The novel is a combination of Goebbels' own thoughts and the life of his best friend Richard Flisges who had actually fought in World War I, and later ended his college studies to work in a mine where he died in an accident. That is what happens to the novel's protagonist Michael who meets his "sacrificial death" on 30 January 1921.

Michael was a significant popular success, going through seventeen printings.^[3]

^ Campbell, Kenneth J. (2012). "Joseph Goebbels: Propagandist". American Intelligence Journal. 30 (2): 125–134. ISSN 0883-072X. JSTOR 26202024.
^ Longerich, Peter (2015). Goebbels: A Biography. New York, New York: Random House. p. 16. ISBN 978-1400067510.
^ Hicks, Stephen (2010). Nietzsche and the Nazis, Ockham's Razor Press ISBN 978-0979427077

[1] Campbell, Kenneth J. (2012). "Joseph Goebbels: Propagandist". American Intelligence Journal. 30 (2): 125–134. ISSN 0883-072X. JSTOR 26202024.

[2] Longerich, Peter (2015). Goebbels: A Biography. New York, New York: Random House. p. 16. ISBN 978-1400067510.

[3] Hicks, Stephen (2010). Nietzsche and the Nazis, Ockham's Razor Press ISBN 978-0979427077

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