“I'm looking for the teacher who is simple enough to be great, and great enough to be simple.”

— Joseph Goebbels

Ich suche den Lehrer, der einfach genug ist, um groß zu sein und groß genug, um einfach zu sein.
Michael: a German fate in diary notes (1926)

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Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister 1897–1945

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