Goebbels cabinet

Cabinet of Joseph Goebbels

2nd Cabinet of Nazi Germany
30 April 1945 – 1 May 1945
Date formed30 April 1945 (1945-04-30)
Date dissolved1 May 1945 (1945-05-01)
(1 day)
People and organisations
ReichspräsidentKarl Dönitz
Chancellor of GermanyJoseph Goebbels
Chancellor of Germany's historyReichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
(1933 - 1945)
Member party  Nazi Party
Status in legislatureSole legal party
History
PredecessorHitler cabinet
SuccessorFlensburg Government

The Goebbels cabinet was named by Adolf Hitler in his political testament of 30 April 1945. 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, after trying to reach a peace agreement with the Soviet Union. His government was followed by the Flensburg Government under Dönitz.

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