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== Changes == == Changes ==
*March 1933: ] enters the cabinet as ]. *March 1933: ] enters the cabinet as ].
*April 1933: ] becomes a member of the ]; Göring takes a portfolio as Minister of Aviation. *April 1933: ] becomes a member of the ]; Göring takes a portfolio as Reich Minister of Aviation.
*June 1933: ] succeeds Hugenberg as Minister of Economics. ] succeeds Hugenberg as Minister of Food. *June 1933: ] succeeds Hugenberg as Reich Minister of Economics. ] succeeds Hugenberg as Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture.
*December 1933: ] and ] enter the Cabinet as Ministers without Portfolio. *December 1933: ] and ] enter the Cabinet as Ministers without portfolio.
*May 1934: ] enters the Cabinet as Minister of Science and Education. *May 1934: ] enters the Cabinet as Reich Minister of Science and Education.
*June 1934: ] enters the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. Röhm, Minister without Portfolio, is murdered. *June 1934: ] enters the Cabinet as a Minister without portfolio. Röhm, Minister without portfolio, is murdered.
*July 1934: Göring takes another portfolio as Minister of Forestry. *July 1934: Göring takes another portfolio as Reich Minister of Forestry.
*August 1934: Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen leaves the cabinet. A new Vice-Chancellor is not installed. ] succeeds Schmitt as Minister of Economics. *August 1934: Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen leaves the cabinet. A new Vice-Chancellor is not installed. ] succeeds Schmitt as Reich Minister of Economics.
*December 1934: ] enters the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. *December 1934: ] enters the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio.
*March 1935: Göring takes yet another portfolio as Commander-in-Chief of the '']''. *March 1935: Göring takes yet another portfolio as Commander-in-Chief of the '']''.
*May 1935: The title of Minister of Defense is replaced by that of Minister of War. Blomberg retains the office. *May 1935: The title of Reich Minister of Defense is replaced by that of Reich Minister of War. Blomberg retains the office.
*July 1935: ] takes a portfolio as Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs. *July 1935: ] takes a portfolio as Reich Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs.
*April 1936: ], Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and ], Commander in Chief of the Navy, join the Cabinet. *April 1936: ], Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and ], Commander in Chief of the Navy, join the Cabinet.
*February 1937: ] succeeds Eltz as Minister of Posts. ] succeeds Eltz as Minister of Transport. *February 1937: ] succeeds Eltz as Reich Minister of Posts. ] succeeds Eltz as Reich Minister of Transport.
*November 1937: ] succeeds Schacht as Minister of Economics. Schacht becomes Minister without Portfolio. *November 1937: ] succeeds Schacht as Reich Minister of Economics. Schacht becomes Minister without portfolio.
*December 1937: ] enters the Cabinet as Minister of State and Head of the Chancellery. *December 1937: ] enters the Cabinet as Reich Minister of State and Head of the Chancellery.
*January 1938: ] succeeds Göring as Minister of Economics. *January 1938: ] succeeds Göring as Reich Minister of Economics.
*February 1938: ] replaces Neurath as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Neurath becomes Minister without Portfolio. Blomberg resigns as Minister of War and his office is abolished. His role is taken by General ] as Director of the ]. ] succeeds Fritsch as Commander-in-Chief of the Army. *February 1938: ] replaces Neurath as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Neurath becomes Minister without portfolio. Blomberg resigns as Reich Minister of War and his office is abolished. His role is taken by General ] as Director of the ]. ] succeeds Fritsch as Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
*May 1939: ] enters the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. *May 1939: ] enters the Cabinet as Minister without portfolio.
*March 1940: ] becomes Minister of Armaments and Ammunition. *March 1940: ] becomes Reich Minister of Armaments and Ammunition.
*January 1941: ] succeeds Gürtner as Minister of Justice. *January 1941: ] succeeds Gürtner as Reich Minister of Justice.
*May 1941: ] is dismissed from the Cabinet. *May 1941: ] is dismissed from the Cabinet.
*July 1941: ] enters the Cabinet as ]. *July 1941: ] enters the Cabinet as ].
*December 1941: Hanns Kerrl, the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, dies. He is not replaced. Hitler himself takes up the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Army. *December 1941: Hanns Kerrl, the Reich Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, dies. He is not replaced. Hitler himself takes up the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
*February 1942: ] succeeds Todt as Minister of Armaments and Ammunition. *February 1942: ] succeeds Todt as Reich Minister of Armaments and Ammunition.
*May 1942: ] succeeds Darré as Minister of Food. *May 1942: ] succeeds Darré as Reich Minister of Food.
*August 1942: ] succeeds Schlegelberger as Minister of Justice. *August 1942: ] succeeds Schlegelberger as Reich Minister of Justice.
*January 1943: ] succeeds Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. *January 1943: ] succeeds Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
*January 1943: ] appointed President of Reich Cabinet (Cabinet President in Hitler's absence) *January 1943: ] appointed President of Reich Cabinet (Cabinet President in Hitler's absence)
*January 1943: ] departs the Cabinet. *January 1943: ] departs the Cabinet.
*June 1943: ]'s ministerial authority is extended to cover the entire German war industry, and is elevated to Minister of Armaments and War Production. *June 1943: ]'s ministerial authority is extended to cover the entire German war industry, and is elevated to Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production.
*August 1943: ] succeeds Frick as Minister of the Interior. *August 1943: ] succeeds Frick as Reich Minister of the Interior.
*August 1943: ] enters the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. *August 1943: ] enters the Cabinet as Reich Minister without portfolio.


==End of Cabinet== ==End of Cabinet==
As the Third Reich government was disintegrating at the end of the ] and following ] on 30 April 1945, it was succeeded by the short-lived ] of the ]. As the Third Reich government was disintegrating at the end of the ] and following ] on 30 April 1945, it was succeeded by the short-lived ] commonly known as the ].


==References== ==References==

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Hitler Cabinet

Cabinet of Germany
1933–1945
Date formed30 January 1933
Date dissolved30 April 1945
People and organisations
Head of statePaul von Hindenburg (1933–1934)
Adolf Hitler (1934–1945)
Head of governmentAdolf Hitler
Deputy head of governmentFranz von Papen
(30 January 1933 – 7 August 1934)
Member partyNazi Party
German National People's Party
(dissolved on 27 June 1933)
Status in legislatureNazi-led coalition government
(to June 1933)
Nazi single-party government
(after June 1933)
Opposition partyCentre Party
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Communist Party
Opposition leaderOtto Wels
History
ElectionGerman federal election, November 1932
Legislature term7th legislature of the Reichstag
PredecessorVon Schleicher Cabinet
SuccessorSchwerin von Krosigk Cabinet

The Hitler Cabinet de jure formed the government of Nazi Germany between 30 January 1933 and 30 April 1945 upon the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of the German Reich by president Paul von Hindenburg – contrived by the national conservative politician Franz von Papen, who reserved the office of the Vice-Chancellor for himself. Originally Hitler's first cabinet was called "the Reich Cabinet of national salvation", which was a coalition of Hitler's Nazi Party and the national conservative German National People's Party, it became an exclusively Nazi cabinet when the DNVP was intimidated into dissolving itself.

The Enabling Act of 1933, passed two months after Hitler took office, gave the cabinet the power to make laws without legislative consent for four years. In effect, this power was vested in Hitler, and for all intents and purposes it made Hitler a dictator. After the Enabling Act's passage, serious deliberations more or less ended at cabinet meetings. It met only sporadically after 1934, and last met in full on February 4, 1938. Nonetheless, it grew immensely in size on paper, due to the addition of the commanders of the armed services and several ministers without portfolio.

Composition

The Reich cabinet consisted of the following Ministers:

Office Incumbent In office Party
Chancellor Adolf Hitler 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 NSDAP
Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen 30 January 1933 – 7 August 1934 none (Centre until 1932)


Hermann Göring 10 February 1941 – 23 April 1945 NSDAP
Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs Konstantin von Neurath 30 January 1933 – 4 February 1938 none (NSDAP from 1937)
Joachim von Ribbentrop 4 February 1938 – 30 April 1945 NSDAP
Reich Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick 30 January 1933 – 24 August 1943 NSDAP
Heinrich Himmler 24 August 1943 – 29 April 1945
Reich Minister of Finance Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 none (NSDAP from 1937)
Reich Minister of Justice Franz Gürtner † 30 January 1933 – 29 January 1941 DNVP (NSDAP from 1937)
Franz Schlegelberger (acting) 29 January 1941 – 24 August 1942 NSDAP
Otto Georg Thierack 24 August 1942 – 30 April 1945
Reich Minister of the Reichswehr (from 1935 Reich Minister of War) Werner von Blomberg 30 January 1933 – 5 February 1938 none
Wilhelm Keitel (as Chief of the OKW) 5 February 1938 – 30 April 1945
Reich Minister of Economics Alfred Hugenberg 30 January 1933 – 29 June 1933 DNVP
Kurt Schmitt 29 June 1933 – 3 August 1934 NSDAP
Hjalmar Schacht 3 August 1934 – 26 November 1937 none (NSDAP from 1937)
Hermann Göring 26 November 1937 – 15 January 1938 NSDAP
Walther Funk 5 February 1938 – 30 April 1945
Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture Alfred Hugenberg 30 January 1933 – 29 June 1933 DNVP
Richard Walther Darré 29 June 1933 – 23 May 1942 NSDAP
Herbert Backe 23 May 1942 – 30 April 1945
Reich Minister for Labour Franz Seldte 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 NSDAP (from 30 April 1933)
Reich Minister for Postal Affairs Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach 30 January 1933 – 2 February 1937 none
Wilhelm Ohnesorge 2 February 1937 – 30 April 1945 NSDAP
Reich Minister for Transport Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach 30 January 1933 – 2 February 1937 none
Julius Dorpmüller 2 February 1937 – 30 April 1945 none (NSDAP from 1941)
Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels 13 March 1933 – 30 April 1945 NSDAP
Reich Minister of Aviation Hermann Göring 27 April 1933 – 23 April 1945 NSDAP
Reich Minister for Science and Education Bernhard Rust 1 May 1934 – 30 April 1945 NSDAP
Reich Minister for Church Affairs Hanns Kerrl † 16 July 1935 – 15 December 1941 NSDAP
Hermann Muhs (acting) 15 December 1941 – 30 April 1945
Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition
(from 1943: for Armaments and War Production) 		Fritz Todt † 17 March 1940 – 8 February 1942 NSDAP
Albert Speer 8 February 1942 – 30 April 1945
Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories Alfred Rosenberg 17 November 1941 – 30 April 1945 NSDAP
Secretary of State of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Karl Hermann Frank 20 August 1942 – 30 April 1945 NSDAP
Ministers without portfolio
(from 1938 Reich Ministers) 		Hermann Göring 30 January 1933 – 27 April 1933 NSDAP
Ernst Röhm (SA Chief) † 1 December 1933 – 1 July 1934
Rudolf Hess (Deputy Führer) 1 December 1933 – 10 May 1941
Hanns Kerrl 16 April 1934 – 16 July 1935
Hans Frank (Governor-General from 1939) 19 December 1934 – 30 April 1945
Hjalmar Schacht 26 November 1937 – 22 January 1943
Otto Meissner (Chief of Presidential Chancellery) 1 December 1937 – 30 April 1945
Hans Lammers (Chief of Reich Chancellery) 1 December 1937 – 30 April 1945
Arthur Seyss-Inquart 1 May 1939 – 30 April 1945
Martin Bormann (Chief of Nazi Party Chancellery) 12 May 1941 – 30 April 1945
Wilhelm Frick (Reich Protector) 24 August 1943 – 30 April 1945
Konstantin Hierl (Chief of the Reichsarbeitsdienst) 24 August 1943 – 30 April 1945

Changes

  • March 1933: Joseph Goebbels enters the cabinet as Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.
  • April 1933: Franz Seldte becomes a member of the NSDAP; Göring takes a portfolio as Reich Minister of Aviation.
  • June 1933: Kurt Schmitt succeeds Hugenberg as Reich Minister of Economics. Richard Walther Darré succeeds Hugenberg as Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture.
  • December 1933: Ernst Röhm and Rudolf Hess enter the Cabinet as Ministers without portfolio.
  • May 1934: Bernhard Rust enters the Cabinet as Reich Minister of Science and Education.
  • June 1934: Hanns Kerrl enters the Cabinet as a Minister without portfolio. Röhm, Minister without portfolio, is murdered.
  • July 1934: Göring takes another portfolio as Reich Minister of Forestry.
  • August 1934: Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen leaves the cabinet. A new Vice-Chancellor is not installed. Hjalmar Schacht succeeds Schmitt as Reich Minister of Economics.
  • December 1934: Hans Frank enters the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio.
  • March 1935: Göring takes yet another portfolio as Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe.
  • May 1935: The title of Reich Minister of Defense is replaced by that of Reich Minister of War. Blomberg retains the office.
  • July 1935: Hanns Kerrl takes a portfolio as Reich Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs.
  • April 1936: Werner von Fritsch, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, and Erich Raeder, Commander in Chief of the Navy, join the Cabinet.
  • February 1937: Wilhelm Ohnesorge succeeds Eltz as Reich Minister of Posts. Julius Dorpmüller succeeds Eltz as Reich Minister of Transport.
  • November 1937: Hermann Göring succeeds Schacht as Reich Minister of Economics. Schacht becomes Minister without portfolio.
  • December 1937: Otto Meissner enters the Cabinet as Reich Minister of State and Head of the Chancellery.
  • January 1938: Walther Funk succeeds Göring as Reich Minister of Economics.
  • February 1938: Joachim von Ribbentrop replaces Neurath as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Neurath becomes Minister without portfolio. Blomberg resigns as Reich Minister of War and his office is abolished. His role is taken by General Wilhelm Keitel as Director of the OKW. Walther von Brauchitsch succeeds Fritsch as Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
  • May 1939: Arthur Seyss-Inquart enters the Cabinet as Minister without portfolio.
  • March 1940: Fritz Todt becomes Reich Minister of Armaments and Ammunition.
  • January 1941: Franz Schlegelberger succeeds Gürtner as Reich Minister of Justice.
  • May 1941: Rudolf Hess is dismissed from the Cabinet.
  • July 1941: Alfred Rosenberg enters the Cabinet as Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories.
  • December 1941: Hanns Kerrl, the Reich Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, dies. He is not replaced. Hitler himself takes up the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
  • February 1942: Albert Speer succeeds Todt as Reich Minister of Armaments and Ammunition.
  • May 1942: Herbert Backe succeeds Darré as Reich Minister of Food.
  • August 1942: Otto Georg Thierack succeeds Schlegelberger as Reich Minister of Justice.
  • January 1943: Karl Dönitz succeeds Raeder as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
  • January 1943: Hans Lammers appointed President of Reich Cabinet (Cabinet President in Hitler's absence)
  • January 1943: Hjalmar Schacht departs the Cabinet.
  • June 1943: Albert Speer's ministerial authority is extended to cover the entire German war industry, and is elevated to Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production.
  • August 1943: Heinrich Himmler succeeds Frick as Reich Minister of the Interior.
  • August 1943: Konstantin Hierl enters the Cabinet as Reich Minister without portfolio.

End of Cabinet

As the Third Reich government was disintegrating at the end of the Second World War and following Hitler's death on 30 April 1945, it was succeeded by the short-lived Cabinet of Schwerin von Krosigk commonly known as the Flensburg government.

References

  1. Kershaw, Ian (2010). Hitler: A Biography. Norton. p. 253. ISBN 9780393075625.
  2. The Brown Plague: Travels in Late Weimar & Early Nazi Germany
  3. Stackelberg, Roderick (2002). Hitler's Germany: Origins, Interpretations, Legacies. Routledge. p. 109. ISBN 9780203005415.
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