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Joseph Goebbels Nobel Prize Claim

The claim that Joseph Goebbels received a Nobel Prize, which is false. He was given a Nobel medal by Knut Hamsun in 1943, but did not receive the prize itself.

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Jan 20, 2026

Did goebbels receive a nobel prize

Joseph Goebbels did not receive a Nobel Prize; he was never a laureate. What is historically documented is that Norwegian author Knut Hamsun, who won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature, gave his physi...