Cabinet of Joseph Goebbels | |
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2nd Cabinet of Nazi Germany | |
30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945 | |
Date formed | 30 April 1945 |
Date dissolved | 2 May 1945 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Karl Dönitz |
Head of government | Joseph Goebbels |
Member party | Nazi Party |
Status in legislature | Sole legal party
855 / 855 (100%) |
History | |
Predecessor | Hitler cabinet |
Successor | Flensburg Government |
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Legacy |
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The Goebbels cabinet was named by Adolf Hitler in his political testament of 30 April 1945.[1][2] 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.[3]
Composition
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Reichspräsident | 30 April 1945 | 23 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Chancellor | 30 April 1945 | 1 May 1945 † | NSDAP | ||
Party Minister | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 † | NSDAP | ||
Minister for Foreign Affairs | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister of the Interior | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister of War | Karl Dönitz | 30 April 1945 | 23 May 1945 | NSDAP | |
Supreme Commander of the Army | 30 April 1945 | 8 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Supreme Commander of the Navy | Karl Dönitz | 30 January 1943 | 1 May 1945 | NSDAP | |
Supreme Commander of the Air Force | 26 April 1945 | 8 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Head of the SS and German Police | 29 April 1945 | 8 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Reich Minister of Economics | 5 February 1938 | 2 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister for Food and Agriculture | 23 May 1942 | 23 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister of Justice | 24 August 1942 | 2 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister of Culture | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister of Propaganda | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister of Finance | 1 June 1932 | 23 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister of Labour | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Minister of Armament | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | NSDAP | ||
Leader of the Deutscher Arbeitsfront | 10 May 1933 | 8 May 1945 | NSDAP |
Retaining some members from the previous Hitler cabinet, some members of the Goebbels cabinet would continue in the Dönitz cabinet.
References
- ^ Adolf Hitler. "Politisches Testament 1945". NS-Archiv Dokumente zum Nationalsozialismus.
- ^ Hitler, Adolf. My Political Testament.
- ^ Peter Maxwill. "Reichsregierung ohne Reich". SpiegelOnline. Archived from the original on 2013-06-02.