Emergency German government following the death of Hitler
Cabinet of Joseph Goebbels
2nd Cabinet of Nazi Germany
30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945
Date formed
30 April 1945 (1945-04-30)
Date dissolved
2 May 1945 (1945-05-02)
People and organisations
Head of state
Karl Dönitz
Head of government
Joseph Goebbels
Member party
Nazi Party
History
Predecessor
Hitler cabinet
Successor
Flensburg Government
The 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 as Goebbels killed himself along with his family on 1 May. His government was followed by the Flensburg Government under Dönitz.[3]
^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.
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suicide during the defeat of Nazi Germany. Hitler's cabinet was succeeded by the short-lived Goebbelscabinet, with Karl Dönitz appointed by Hitler as the new...
the war drew to a close and Nazi Germany faced defeat, Magda Goebbels and the Goebbels children joined Hitler in Berlin. They moved into the underground...
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Propaganda). While retaining some members from the previous Hitler cabinet and Goebbelscabinet, Dönitz dismissed three ministers (Bernhard Rust, Alfred Rosenberg...
of Justice in Hitler's political testament. He served in the brief Goebbelscabinet but was dismissed on 5 May 1945 by Hitler's successor, Reichspräsident...
seizure of power in January 1933. In the Hitler cabinet, it was headed by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, who exercised control over all German mass...
death. He was to serve in a government headed by Goebbels as Chancellor (Reichskanzler). However, Goebbels himself committed suicide only a day later, on...
over 100,000 in 1931. Joseph Goebbels, who was placed in charge of the Nazi's propaganda and campaign in 1930. Goebbels' staff was expanded and his role...
testament, named Scheel Reich Minister of Culture, in the short-lived Goebbelscabinet. As a Nazi "multifunctionary", Scheel held the following functions...
testament to the writings and statements of both Hitler and Goebbels, concluded that Goebbels was at least partly responsible for helping Hitler write it...
succeeded as Chancellor by Joseph Goebbels and as President of Germany by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz. When Goebbels also committed suicide, Dönitz appointed...
the Economy in the cabinet of Joseph Goebbels. However, after Goebbels' suicide on 1 May 1945, Funk was not named to the cabinet formed by Lutz Graf...
"traitors". Joseph Goebbels, who had been with Hitler at Bad Wiessee, set the final phase of the plan in motion. Upon returning to Berlin, Goebbels telephoned...
and Goebbels became head of government and Chancellor of Germany. Hitler did not name any successor as Führer or as leader of the Nazi Party. Goebbels and...
belonging to Hitler and Braun. The remains of Joseph and Magda Goebbels, the six Goebbels children, General Hans Krebs, and Hitler's dogs were repeatedly...
People". On the evening of 27 February 1933, Papen joined Hitler, Göring and Goebbels at the burning Reichstag and told him that he shared their belief that...
propagandist and SS-Brigadeführer and, from 1938, worked directly with Joseph Goebbels, the Reichsminister for Propaganda. Naumann rose to become the State Secretary...
Reichskulturkammer (Reich Culture Chamber) was established, with Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (Reich Minister...
antisemitism, and in doing so win political favour. It was protected by Joseph Goebbels' effective propaganda machine, which portrayed Hitler as a heroic and infallible...
The Secret Cabinet Council (German: Geheimer Kabinettsrat) in Nazi Germany, also sometimes referred to as the Privy Cabinet Council, was a nine-member...
of the "Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda" under Joseph Goebbels in March 1933 and the subsequent steps taken by the Propaganda Ministry...