Goebbels cabinet

The Joseph Goebbels Cabinet was named by Adolf Hitler in his political testament of 30 April 1945.[1][2] To replace himself, Hitler named Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsident and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels as Reichskanzler. The cabinet was short-lived, and was followed on 2 May 1945 by the Flensburg Government.[3] This was caused when Goebbels took his own life on 1 May along with his family and Martin Bormann did likewise the following day.

Composition

Retaining some members from the previous Hitler cabinet, some members of the Goebbels cabinet would continue in the Dönitz cabinet consisted of the following people:

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
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 19432 May 1945 NSDAP
Supreme Commander of the Air ForceRobert Ritter von Greim26 April 19458 May 1945 NSDAP
Head of the SS and German PoliceKarl Hanke30 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 Hupfauer30 April 19452 May 1945 NSDAP
Minister of ArmamentKarl Saur30 April 19452 May 1945 NSDAP
Leader of the Deutscher ArbeitsfrontRobert Ley10 May 19332 May 1945 NSDAP

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 2013-05-30.
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