Goebbels cabinet

Emergency German government following the death of Hitler

Cabinet of Joseph Goebbels

2nd Cabinet of Nazi Germany
30 April 1945 – 1 May 1945
Date formed| 30 April 1945 (1945-04-30)
Date dissolved| 1 May 1945 (1945-05-01)
People and organisations
Head of state| Karl Dönitz
Head of government| Joseph Goebbels
Member party|   Nazi Party
Status in legislature| Sole legal party
History
Predecessor| Hitler cabinet
Successor| Flensburg Government
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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

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party

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Reichspräsident|

Karl Dönitz

| 30 April 1945| 23 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Chancellor|

Joseph Goebbels

| 30 April 1945| 1 May 1945 (died)|  | NSDAP
Party Minister|

Martin Bormann

| 30 April 1945| 2 May 1945 (died)|  | NSDAP
Minister for Foreign Affairs|

Arthur Seyss-Inquart

| 30 April 1945| 2 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister of the Interior|

Paul Giesler

| 30 April 1945| 3 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister of War|

Karl Dönitz

| 30 April 1945| 23 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Supreme Commander of the Army|

Ferdinand Schörner

| 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|

Robert Ritter von Greim

| 26 April 1945| 8 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Head of the SS and German Police|

Karl Hanke

| 29 April 1945| 8 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Reich Minister of Economics|

Walther Funk

| 5 February 1938| 5 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister for Food and Agriculture|

Herbert Backe

| 23 May 1942| 23 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister of Justice|

Otto Georg Thierack

| 20 August 1942| 5 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister of Culture|

Gustav Adolf Scheel

| 30 April 1945| 3 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister of Propaganda|

Werner Naumann

| 30 April 1945| 5 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister of Finance|

Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk

| 1 June 1932| 23 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister of Labour|

Theo Hupfauer

| 30 April 1945| 5 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Minister of Armament|

Karl Saur

| 30 April 1945| 5 May 1945|  | NSDAP
Leader of the Deutscher Arbeitsfront|

Robert Ley

| 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.[4]

## References

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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.
4. ^ "After the Battle: The Flensburg Government" (PDF). Battle of Britain International Ltd. 2005. p. 8. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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