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Emergency German government following the death of Hitler
Cabinet of Joseph Goebbels

2nd Cabinet of Nazi Germany
30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945
Date formed30 April 1945 (1945-04-30)
Date dissolved2 May 1945 (1945-05-02)
People and organisations
Head of stateKarl Dönitz
Head of governmentJoseph Goebbels
Member partyNazi Party
Status in legislatureSole legal party 855 / 855 (100%)
History
PredecessorHitler cabinet
SuccessorFlensburg Government
This article is part of
a series aboutJoseph Goebbels
Personal
Minister of Propaganda
Chancellor of Germany
Legacy
Joseph Goebbels's signature

The Goebbels cabinet was named by Adolf Hitler in his political testament of 30 April 1945. The cabinet was therefore not legitimised according to the Weimar Constitution, which was still formally in force. To replace himself, Hitler named Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsident and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels as Reichskanzler. The cabinet was short-lived as Goebbels killed himself along with his family on 1 May. His government was followed by the Flensburg Government under Dönitz.

Composition

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
ReichspräsidentKarl Dönitz30 April 194523 May 1945 NSDAP
ChancellorJoseph Goebbels30 April 19451 May 1945 † NSDAP
Party MinisterMartin Bormann30 April 19452 May 1945 † NSDAP
Minister for Foreign AffairsArthur Seyss-Inquart30 April 19452 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of the InteriorPaul Giesler30 April 19452 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of WarKarl Dönitz30 April 194523 May 1945 NSDAP
Supreme Commander of the ArmyFerdinand Schörner30 April 19458 May 1945 NSDAP
Supreme Commander of the NavyKarl Dönitz30 January 19431 May 1945 NSDAP
Supreme Commander of the Air ForceRobert Ritter von Greim26 April 19458 May 1945 NSDAP
Head of the SS and German PoliceKarl Hanke29 April 19458 May 1945 NSDAP
Reich Minister of EconomicsWalther Funk5 February 19382 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister for Food and AgricultureHerbert Backe23 May 194223 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of JusticeOtto Georg Thierack24 August 19422 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of CultureGustav Adolf Scheel30 April 19452 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of PropagandaWerner Naumann30 April 19452 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of FinanceLutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk1 June 193223 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of LabourTheo Hupfauer [de]30 April 19452 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of ArmamentKarl Saur30 April 19452 May 1945 NSDAP
Leader of the Deutscher ArbeitsfrontRobert Ley10 May 19338 May 1945 NSDAP

Retaining some members from the previous Hitler cabinet, some members of the Goebbels cabinet would continue in the Dönitz cabinet.

References

  1. Adolf Hitler. "Politisches Testament 1945". NS-Archiv Dokumente zum Nationalsozialismus.
  2. Hitler, Adolf. My Political Testament.
  3. Peter Maxwill. "Reichsregierung ohne Reich". SpiegelOnline. Archived from the original on 2013-06-02.
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