15. A Woman Whose Loyalty Was Beyond Doubt. Unfortunately, it Was Loyalty to Evil
In stark contrast to the heroic women who risked their lives to fight the Nazis, were the women who went above and beyond to serve the Nazi cause. As a general proposition, loyalty is a morally commendable trait. Unless, of course, it is loyalty to an evil person and cause. Few examples highlight that exception to the rule more than the loyalty exhibited by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda to Adolf Hitler and his regime. The couple were active enablers of and avid participants in the horrors of the Third Reich.
As seen below, when the Nazi state came crashing down in ignominious defeat, with the Red Army storming into Berlin, they chose to follow their beloved Fuhrer to death by committing suicide. Worse, they opted to take their offspring with them. Before killing themselves, they murdered their six children, ranging in age from four to twelve.
