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