Cabinet of Joseph Goebbels | |
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.svg){kind=small} 2nd Cabinet of Nazi Germany | |
| 30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945 | |
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| Date formed | 30 April 1945 |
| Date dissolved | 2 May 1945 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Karl Dönitz |
| Head of government | Joseph Goebbels |
| Member party | Nazi Party |
| Status in legislature | Sole legal party
855 / 855 (100%) |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Hitler cabinet |
| Successor | Flensburg Government |
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The Goebbels cabinet was named by Adolf Hitler in his political testament of 30 April 1945.[1][2] The cabinet was therefore not legitimised according to the Weimar Constitution, which was still formally in force. 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]
- ^ 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 2013-06-02.