He sometimes telephoned them in the middle of the night when he wanted to add some text. From 1941 to 1945, he dictated lengthy passages to aides. From 1923 to 1941, he wrote the entries himself. The dictated diary Joseph Goebbels kept a diary for much of his life. The dictations usually opened with a description of the military situation, followed by his personal comments. Joseph Goebbels kept a diary for much of his life.
