Goebbels Children Murder Scene

The Goebbels Children murder Scene is a major scene in Downfall. Similar to the Hitler Suicide Scene, its' gross nature means that it is rarely used in Downfall parodies.

In Downfall
Immediately after Burgdorf shoots and misses his target of Fritzsche after the latter threatened to surrender to Russia in the previous scene, Ludwig Stumpfegger and Magda Goebbels are seen mixing some chemicals, in preparation for the medicine that the latter was to use to immunize her children in their rooms.

She then enters the room where Helga is heard reading a fairytale. Goebbels then stops and announces the medicine that Stumpfegger had told them about earlier. He says that it's good for them, however the reality is that they did not know what was to come. Everyone takes a sip of the medicine, but Helga appears to struggle and has it forced into her mouth by her mother. She then cries and slumps to her bed.

Outside, Joseph Goebbels is seen dictating his last will to Traudl. She repeats it correctly, but Goebbels later dictates a better version of what he just dictated to Traudl. Magda then enters the room.

It is dark in the bedroom of the Goebbels children whilst they are fast asleep. Magda re-enters their room with Joseph waiting outside. She turns on the light, and, one by one, crushes a cyanide pill into each of their mouths, then covers their heads with their blanket, leaving their feet exposed. After crushing the pill into Helga's mouth, Magda is seen kissing her forehead. She then leaves the room where she then slumps outside in sadness.

Magda is seen later playing with a deck of cards and Joseph comforts her, as Rochus Misch looks on. The bunker escape immediately follows.