The Hitler Cabinet was the government de jure of Nazi Germany between the 30 of January of 1933 in January and the 30 of April of 1945 , following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of the German Reich , instead of Franz von Papen , who reserved The position of vice chancellor. The formation of the cabinet was mainly due to von Papen, who since early January 1933 had been planning together with President Paul von Hindenburg to establish a joint government of the NSDAP and DNVP , behind the backs of Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher , still in office . 2
Composition
The cabinet consisted of the following ministers:
| Position | Headline | Period | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor | Adolf Hitler | January 30, 1933 - April 30, 1945 | NSDAP |
| Vice Chancellor | Franz von Papen | January 30, 1933 - August 7, 1934 | None ( Center until 1932) |
| External subjects minister | Konstantin von Neurath | January 30, 1933 - February 4, 1938 | None (NSDAP since 1937) |
| Joachim von Ribbentrop | February 4, 1938 - April 30, 1945 | NSDAP | |
| Minister of the Interior | Wilhelm Frick | January 30, 1933 - August 20, 1943 | NSDAP |
| Heinrich Himmler | August 24, 1943 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Finance Minister | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk | January 30, 1933 - April 30, 1945 | None (NSDAP since 1937) |
| Justice minister | Franz Gürtner † | January 30, 1933 - January 29, 1941 | DNVP (NSDAP since 1937) |
| Franz Schlegelberger (Provisional) | January 29, 1941 - August 24, 1942 | NSDAP | |
| Otto Georg Thierack | August 24, 1942 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Minister of the Reichswehr (since 1935: War) | Werner von Blomberg | January 30, 1933 - February 5, 1938 | Any |
| Wilhelm Keitel (as head of OKW ) | February 5, 1938 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Economy Minister | Alfred Hugenberg | January 30, 1933- June 29, 1933 | DNVP |
| Kurt Schmitt | June 29, 1933 - August 3, 1934 | NSDAP | |
| Hjalmar Schacht | August 3, 1934 - November 26, 1937 | None (NSDAP since 1937) | |
| Hermann Göring | November 26, 1937 - January 15, 1938 | NSDAP | |
| Walther Funk | February 5, 1938 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Minister of Agriculture | Alfred Hugenberg | January 30, 1933- June 29, 1933 | DNVP |
| Richard Walther Darré | June 29, 1933 - May 23, 1942 | NSDAP | |
| Herbert Backe | May 23, 1942 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Minister of Labor | Franz Seldte | January 30, 1933 - April 30, 1945 | NSDAP (since April 30, 1933) |
| Minister for Postal Affairs | Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach | January 30, 1933 - February 2, 1937 | Any |
| Wilhelm Ohnesorge | February 2, 1937 - April 30, 1945 | NSDAP | |
| Minister of Transportation | Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach | January 30, 1933 - February 2, 1937 | Any |
| Julius Dorpmüller | February 2, 1937 - April 30, 1945 | None (NSDAP since 1941) | |
| Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda | Joseph Goebbels | March 13, 1933 - April 30, 1945 | NSDAP |
| Minister of Aviation | Hermann Göring | May 5, 1933 - April 24, 1945 | NSDAP |
| Minister for Science and Education | Bernhard Rust | May 1, 1934 - April 30, 1945 | NSDAP |
| Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs | Hanns Kerrl † | July 16, 1935 - December 15, 1941 | NSDAP |
| Hermann Muhs (provisional) | December 15, 1941 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Minister of Armament and Ammunition (since 1943: Armament and War Production) |
Fritz Todt † | March 17, 1940 - February 8, 1942 | NSDAP |
| Albert Speer | February 8, 1942 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories | Alfred Rosenberg | November 17, 1941 - April 30, 1945 | NSDAP |
| Minister of State of Bohemia and Moravia | Karl Hermann Frank | August 20, 1943 - April 30, 1945 | NSDAP |
| Ministers without portfolio (since 1938: Ministers of the Reich) |
Hermann Göring | January 30, 1933 - April 28, 1933 | NSDAP |
| Ernst Röhm (Head of the SA ) † | December 1, 1933 - July 1, 1934 | ||
| Rudolf Hess | December 1, 1933 - May 10, 1941 | ||
| Hanns Kerrl | April 16, 1934 - July 18, 1935 | ||
| Hans Frank (Governor General since 1939) | December 19, 1934 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Hjalmar Schacht | November 26, 1937 - January 22, 1943 | ||
| Otto Meissner (Head of the Presidential Chancellery) | December 1, 1937 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Hans Lammers (Head of the Chancellery of the Reich ) | December 1, 1937 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Arthur Seyss-Inquart | May 1, 1939 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Martin Bormann (Head of the Chancellery of the Nazi Party) | May 12, 1941 - April 30, 1945 | ||
| Wilhelm Frick ( Protector ) | August 24, 1943 - April 30, 1945 |
End of the cabinet
When the government of the Third Reich was falling apart at the end of the Second World War and after the death of Adolf Hitler the 30 of April of 1945 , it was succeeded by the Flensburg Government (whose cabinet was the Cabinet Schwerin von Krosigk ).
References
- Back to top↑ Brüning, Heinrich (1970). Memoiren 1918-1934 . Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt GmbH, Stuttgart, p. 467
- Back to top↑ Pyta, Wolfram (2009). Hindenburg. Herrschaft zwischen Hohenzollern and Hitler . Munich: Siedler Verlag, p. 780ff.