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:
References[]
- ^ 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 2013-05-30.
Categories:
- Historic German cabinets
- 1945 in Germany