LEADER AND REICH CHANCELLOR (Fuehrer und Reichskanzler)...... ADOLF HITLER
| Designated Successors........ | HERMANN GOERING, RUDOLF HESS (until 1941) | |
| Successor named to form a Government after the collapse in May 1945.................. | KARL DOENITZ | |
| Head of Presidential Chancery (Praesidentialkanzlei) and State Minister (Staatsminister)...... | OTTO MEISSNER | |
REICH CABINET (Reichsregierung)
Reich Ministers:
| Reich Chancery..................... | HANS LAMMERS | |
| Air................................ | HERMANN GOERING | |
| Armaments and War Production....... | ALBERT SPEER (predecessor, Todt, Minister for Armaments and Munitions - - until 1942) | |
| Church Affairs..................... | HERMAN MUHS, Acting (predecessor, Hans Kerrl) | |
| Economics.......................... | WALTER FUNK (predecessors, Schacht, Schmitt, Hugenberg) | |
| Education.......................... | BERNARD RUST | |
| Finance............................ | LUTZ GRAF SCHWERIN von KROSIGK | |
| Food and Agriculture............... | HERBERT BACKE, Acting (predecessor Walter Darre) | |
| Foreign Affairs.................... | JOACHIM von RIBBENTROP (predecessor, Constantin von Neurath) | |
| Interior........................... | HEINRICH HIMMLER (predecessor, Wilhelm Frick) | |
| Justice............................ | OTTO THIERACK (predecessor, Schlegelberger -- acting, Guertner) | |
| Labor.............................. | FRANZ SELDTE | |
| Labor Service...................... | KONSTANTIN HIERL | |
| Occupied Eastern Territories....... | ALFRED ROSENBERG | |
| Posts.............................. | WILHELM OHNESORGE (predecessor, von Eltz- Ruebenach) | |
| Propaganda......................... | PAUL JOSEF GOEBBELS | |
| Transport.......................... | JULIUS DORPMUELLER (predecessor, Eltz von Ruebenach) | |
| War................................ | WERNER von BLOMBERG (until 1938) | |
State Ministers acting as Reich Ministers:
| Head of the Presidential Chancery....... | MEISSNER | |
| State Minister for Bohemia-Moravia...... | KARL HERMANN FRANK | |
Other Participants in Cabinet Meetings:
| Chief of Foreign Organization of Party.. | ERNST WILHELM BOHLE | |
| Prussian Minister of State and Finance.. | DR. JOHANNES POPITZ | |
| Government Press Chief.................. | OTTO DIETRICH (predecessor, Walter Funk) | |
| Reich Youth Leader...................... | ARTHUR AXMANN (predecessor, Baldur von Schirach) | |
SECRET CABINET COUNCIL (Geheimer Kabinettsrat)
REICH DEFENSE COUNCIL (Reichsverteidigungsrat) (Status in 1938)
| Chairman................................ | ADOLF HITLER | |
| Reich Minister of Air and Supreme Commander of Air force (Reichsminister der Luftfahrt und Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe)......... | HERMANN GOERING | |
| Supreme Commander of the Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres)................................ | WALTER von BRAUCHITSCH | |
| Supreme Commander of the Navy (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine)........................... | ERICH RAEDER | |
| Chief of the OKW (Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht)... | WILHELM KEITEL | |
| Deputy of the Leader (Stellvertreter des Fuehrers)..... | RUDOLF HESS | |
| Chief of Reich Chancery (Chef der Reichskanzlei).... | HANS LAMMERS | |
| President of Secret Cabinet Council (Praesident des Geheimen Kabinettsrats)................. | CONSTANTIN von NEURATH | |
| Plenipotentiary for Reich Administration (Generalbevollmaechtigter fuer die Reichsverwaltung)... | WILHELM FRICK | |
| Plenipotentiary for Economics (Generalbevollmaechtigter fuer die Wirtschaft) and Reich Finance Minister (Reichsminister der Finanzen)........... | WALTER FUNK | |
| Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (Reichsminister des Auswaertigen)........................... | JOACHIM von RIBBENTROP | |
| Reich Minister of Interior Reichsminister des Innern)... | WILHELM FRICK | |
| Reich Minister for Propaganda (Reichsminister fuer Volksaufklaerung und Propaganda)........ | PAUL JOSEF GOEBBELS | |
| President of Reich Bank Directory (Praesident des Reichsbankdirektoriums)................. | HJALMAR SCHACHT |
MINISTERIAL COUNCIL FOR DEFENSE OF THE REICH (Ministerrat fuer die Reichsverteidigung)
| Chairman................................ | HERMANN GOERING | |
| Secretary............................... | HANS LAMMERS | |
| Plenipotentiary for Reich Administration... | HEINRICH HIMMLER (predecessor, Wilhelm Frick) | |
| Plenipotentiary for Economics........... | WALTER FUNK | |
| Chief of OKW............................ | WILHELM KEITEL | |
| Deputy of the Fuehrer................... | RUDOLF HESS (followed by Head of the Party Chancery, Martin Bormann) | |
THREE-MAN COLLEGE (Dreier-Kollegium)
| Plenipotentiary for (War) Economy............ | FUNK (PREDECESSOR, SCHACHT) | |
| Plenipotentiary for Administration...... | HIMMLER (predecessor, Frick) | |
| Chief of the OKW........................ | KEITEL (predecessor, Minister of War -- Blomberg) | |
OFFICE OF THE DELEGATE FOR THE FOUR YEAR PLAN (Beauftragter fuer den Vierjahresplan)
| Delegate (Beauftragter)................. | HERMANN GOERING | |
| State Secretary and Permanent Deputy.... | PAUL KOERNER | |
Plenipotentiaries - General (Generalbevollmaechtigte):
| Control of Building................ | ALBERT SPEER | |
| Special Chemical Production........ | CARL KRAUCH | |
| Economics in Serbia................ | FRANZ NEUHAUSEN | |
| Metal Mining in the Southeast...... | FRANZ NEUHAUSEN | |
| Armaments.......................... | ALBERT SPEER | |
| Manpower........................... | FRITZ SAUCKEL | |
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES (Administrators directly responsible to Hitler)
Reich Commissioners: | Netherlands (Reichskommissar fuer die besetzen niederlaendischen Gebiete) Reich Commissioner... | ARTHUR SEYSS- INQUART | |
| Norway (Reichskommissar fuer die besetzten norwegischen Gebiete) Reich Commissioner.... | JOSEF TERBOVEN | |
| Ostland (Reichskommissar fuer das Ostland).... | HINRICH LOHSE | |
| Ukraine (Reichskommissar fuer die Ukraine)... | ERICH KOCH | |
| Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Reichsprotektorat Boehmen und Maehren) (Czechoslovakia) Reich Protector..... | WILHELM FRICK (predecessor, Constantin von Neurath) | |
| State Minister..................... | KARL HERMANN FRANK | |
| General Government (General gouvernement) (Poland) Governor-General.... | HANS FRANK | |
Chiefs of Civil Administration:
| Alsace -- Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung im Elsass).... | ROBERT WAGNER | |
| Bialystok -- Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in Bezirk Bialystok)... | ERICH KOCH | |
| Carinthia and Carniola -- Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in den besetzten Gebieten Kaerntens und Krains)... | FRIEDRICH RAINER | |
| Lorraine -- Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in Lothringen)... | WILHELM STOEHR (predecessor, Josef Buerckel) | |
| Lower Styria -- Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in der Untersteiermark)... | SIEGFRIED UIBERREITHER | |
| Luxembourg -- Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in Luxemberg).... | GUSTAV SIMON | |
Military Administration:
Denmark: | Military Commander............ | GEORG LINDEMANN (predecessor, Hermann von Hanneken) | |
| Plenipotentiary............... | WERNER BEST | |
France:
| Military Commander............ | STUELPNAGEL | |
| Chief of Administration....... | SCHMIDT | |
| Diplomatic Representative..... | OTTO ABETZ | |
THE REICHSTAG
| President............................... | HERMANN GOERING | |
| Vice-President.......................... | HERMANN ESSER | |
| Head of Administration (Ministerialdirigent)... | KIENAST | |
POLICE
| Reich Leader of SS and Chief of German Police -- (Reichsfuehrer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei... | HEINRICH HIMMLER | |
| Chief of the Order Police (Chef der Ordnungspolizei)... | WUENNENBERG (predecessor, Kurt Daluege) | |
| Chief of Security Police and SD (Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und SD)... | ERNST KALTENBRUNNER (predecessor, Reinhardt Heydrich) | |
Reich Main Security Office (Feichssicherheitshauptamt):
| Chief.............................. | ERNST KALTENBRUNNER (predecessor, Reinhardt Heydrich) | |
| Chief of Personnel (Dept. I)....... | ERWIN SCHULZ | |
| Chief of Organization, Administration, and Law (Dept. II)... | HAENEL (predecessor, Siegert) | |
| Chief of Security Service (SD) (Dept. III)... | OTTO OHLENDORF | |
| Chief of Secret State Police (Gestapo) (Dept. IV)... | HEINRICH MUELLER | |
| Chief of Criminal Police (Kripo) (Dept. V)... | PANZINGER (predecessor, Nebe) | |
| Chief of Security Service (SD) Occupied Territories (Dept. VI)... | WALTER SCHELLENBERG | |
| Chief of Ideological Research (Dept. VII)... | DITTEL (predecessor, Six) | |
| Military Office.................... | WALTER SCHELLENBERG |
Sources: Nizkor. Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression, Volume II, pp. 1055-61.
