Russia [...] will awaken in the spirit of its greatest thinker, in the spirit of Dostoevsky.
• National Socialism or Bolshevism (November 15, 1925), National Socialist Letters (Nationalsozialistische Briefe), co-written with Gregor Strasser for the Völkisch Work Community. Quoted in Dr. Joseph Goebbels: (1. Aufl.) by Viktor Reimann, Molden, 1971. Translated to English in Goebbels by Ralph Georg Reuth, Piper, 2nd ed., Munich, 1991, p. 96. ISBN 3-492-03183-8.
• National Socialism or Bolshevism (November 15, 1925), National Socialist Letters (Nationalsozialistische Briefe), co-written with Gregor Strasser for the Völkisch Work Community. Quoted in Dr. Joseph Goebbels: (1. Aufl.) by Viktor Reimann, Molden, 1971. Translated to English in Goebbels by Ralph Georg Reuth, Piper, 2nd ed., Munich, 1991, p. 96. ISBN 3-492-03183-8.
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Rußland ... einst im Geiste seines größten Denkers, im Geiste Dostojewskis erwachen wird.
— Joseph Goebbels
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Rußland ... einst im Geiste seines größten Denkers, im Geiste Dostojewskis erwachen wird." in the context of "Russia [...] will awaken in the spirit of its greatest thinker, in the spirit of Dostoevsky.
• National Socialism or Bolshevism (November 15, 1925), National Socialist Letters (Nationalsozialistische Briefe), co-written with Gregor Strasser for the Völkisch Work Community. Quoted in Dr. Joseph Goebbels: (1. Aufl.) by Viktor Reimann, Molden, 1971. Translated to English in Goebbels by Ralph Georg Reuth, Piper, 2nd ed., Munich, 1991, p. 96. ISBN 3-492-03183-8." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Joseph Goebbels" (Quotes, 1920s)
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About Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany. He was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted associates, and was known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.
About Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany. He was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted associates, and was known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.
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