Goebbels cabinet explained

Cabinet Name:Cabinet of Joseph Goebbels
Cabinet Number:2nd
Jurisdiction:Nazi Germany
Flag:Flag of the German Reich (1935–1945).svg
Incumbent:30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945
Government Head:Joseph Goebbels
State Head:Karl Dönitz
Political Party:Nazi Party
Previous:Hitler cabinet

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]

Composition

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Politisches Testament 1945. Adolf Hitler. NS-Archiv Dokumente zum Nationalsozialismus.
  2. Book: Hitler, Adolf. My Political Testament.
  3. Web site: Reichsregierung ohne Reich . Peter Maxwill . SpiegelOnline . https://web.archive.org/web/20130602171445/http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/24741/reichsregierung_ohne_reich.html . live . 2013-06-02 .