The 7-1 scoreline was equal to the worse defeat in the history of Brazilian football.
The Selecao were beaten by 6-0 by fellow South Americans Uruguay in 1920 - nearly a century ago.
This was also Brazil's heaviest World Cup defeat, the next being their 3-0 loss to France in the 1998 Final.
By contrast, Spain only scored eight goals during the entire tournament to win the 2010 World Cup.
Most World Cup goals
Germany have now scored 221 World Cup goals, to move one ahead of their hapless opponents as the tournament's highest ever scorers.
Germany (10) only had two more shots on target than Brazil (8) in this match.
Germany scored two more goals tonight than England have in their past two World Cup campaigns combined.
Heaviest World Cup semi-final defeat
No other team has ever scored seven goals in the semi-finals of the World Cup.
Germany's six goal victory was the heaviest semi-final defeat in the tournament's history, ahead of West Germany's 6-1 defeat of Austria in 1954 and Uruguay's win by the same scoreline against Yugoslavia in 1930.
Germany netted as many goals in this semi-final as they had in their previous six World Cup semi-finals (1982-2010).
It is the first time since 1938 that Brazil have lost a World Cup semi-final, they had progressed in their previous six.
Most goals conceded by Brazil at World Cup
It was also the first time that Brazil had conceded more than five World Cup goals since 1938, although on that occassion they managed to comeback to beat Poland 6-5 after extra-time.
Furthermore, Brazil have not let in seven goals at home... ever!
Brazil have conceded eight in a game before during a 8-4 friendly defeat to Yugoslavia on 3 June 1934.
Most goals scored against the World Cup host nation
Brazil is the SECOND host team to let in seven goals in a World Cup match, following Switzerland's 5-7 defeat to Austria in 1954.
The next highest was Brazil who managed to score five against hosts Sweden in 1958 during a 5-2 victory.
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