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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945) "Goebbels" redirects here. For other uses, see Goebbels (disambiguation). Reichsleiter Joseph Goebbels Goebbels in 1933 Chancellor of Germany In office 30 April – 1 May 1945 President Karl Dönitz Preceded by Adolf Hitler Succeeded ...
Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945) 30 April 1945 1 May 1945 1 day: National Socialist German Workers' Party Goebbels [b] NSDAP — 27: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887–1977) 2 May 1945 23 May 1945 21 days: National Socialist German Workers' Party Schwerin von Krosigk NSDAP
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.
The Reich Chancellery (German: Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called Reichskanzler) in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945. The Chancellery's seat, selected and prepared since 1875, was the former city palace of Adolf Friedrich Count von der Schulenburg (1685–1741) and ...
It was protected by Joseph Goebbels' effective propaganda machine, which portrayed Hitler as a heroic and infallible leader. [16] Further, the government was portrayed as a dedicated, dutiful and efficient outfit. Through successive Reichsstatthalter decrees, Germany's states were effectively replaced by Nazi provinces called Gaue.
The Greater Germanic Reich (German: Großgermanisches Reich), fully styled the Greater Germanic Reich of the German Nation (German: Großgermanisches Reich der Deutschen Nation), [4] was the official state name of the political entity that Nazi Germany tried to establish in Europe during World War II. [5]
The Führerprinzip allowed Hitler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, and Rudolf Hess to politically purge the Nazi Party on the Night of the Long Knives in summer of 1934. In 1934, Hitler imposed the Führerprinzip on the government and civil society of Weimar Germany in order to create the Nazi state. [ 22 ]
Witnessed by Goebbels, Bormann, General Wilhelm Burgdorf, and General Hans Krebs. [3] On the afternoon of 30 April, about a day and a half after he signed his last will and testament, Hitler and Braun committed suicide. [15] Within the next two days, Goebbels, Burgdorf, and Krebs also committed suicide.