Peter Longerich

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The minister said his speech was. a "rhetorical coincidence,"

Brazil's Minister of culture was fired after parts of a speech by Nazi Germany 's propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels in a video, sparking outrage

In the clip, posted on the Ministry's Twitter page, Roberto Alvim in detail with an award for "heroic" and "national" art.

Lohengrin by Wagner, Hitler's favorite composer, played in the background. Earlier, Mr Alvim, said of the now-deleted video was a "rhetorical coincidence".

Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said the speech was "unfortunate".

"I reiterate our rejection of totalitarian and genocidal ideologies like Nazism and communism, as well as each derivative of them. We also Express our full and unqualified support for the Jewish community, we are friends and share many common values," The President said on Twitter.

In the six-minute video about The National Arts Awards, Mr Alvim, said: "The Brazilian art of the next decade will be equipped with heroic and national, is with a great capacity for emotional involvement. deep of our people, connected with the urgent efforts, otherwise it is Nothing . "

the parts were identical to that cited with a speech, in the book Joseph Goebbels : A biography of the German historian, Peter Longerich , who several works written about The Holocaust .

"The German art of the next decade will be heroic, is steely-romantic, it is factual and completely devoid of sentimentality, it will be national with great pathos and binding, or it will be Nothing . "

designed to help people brainwashed in obeying The Nazis and idolising leader Adolf Hitler . His methods, the censorship of The Press and the control of radio broadcasts, as well as the control of culture and the arts.

In a post on his Facebook page, Mr Alvim, a theatre-Director, was appointed to the said mini-Ministerial post last year: "The Left was an incorrect remote-Association" between the two speeches, and that "there is Nothing wrong with his sentence".

"The whole speech was. on the Basis of a nationalist ideal for the Brazilian art and it was a coincidence with A sentence from a speech by Goebbels I did not want to quote him, and I would NEVER do it. But The Sentence itself is perfect. "

Later, in a second contribution, he said, "the speech that had been written, of the various ideas associated with nationalist art, which was brought by his advisers". He did not want to comment on The Music played in the video in any of his posts.

Among those who called for him to be fired, was the speaker of the lower house of the Brazilian Congress, Rodrigo Maia , the said Mr Alvim was "far beyond all boundaries" with an "unacceptable" video.

The Brazilian Israelite Confederation, said: "To emulate a display [Goebbels']. a frightening sign of his vision of culture, which must be combated and contained. "

He cried out to the Lord Alvim is to be removed immediately, adding: "Brazil, the brave soldiers to combat The Nazis on European soil, not earned. "

Mr Bolsonaro, a former army captain, accused of having a conservative social agenda, and often has, Brazil, the artists and cultural productions, including school books and movies of the "left-wing bias".

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Source of news: bbc.com