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The story of Magda Goebbels, the wife of Goebbels, an associate of Hitler, is one of the most amazing and shocking stories of the 20th century. The world shuddered to learn that before the suicide in the bunker on May 1, 1945, which followed the suicide of Hitler and his inner circle, Magda Goebbels killed her six children. The youngest girl was 5 years old, the eldest was 12 years old. Only the eldest son of Magda Harald survived, he was at the front.
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