Government of Nazi Germany

Government of the German *Reich*
*Regierung des Deutschen Reiches*
Government of the German Reich; Regierung des Deutschen Reiches
	; Imperial Eagle (Reichsadler), shield of the German Reich. ; From left to right: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels and Rudolf Hess, 1933.
Date formed	30 January 1933
Date dissolved	5 June 1945
People and organisations
Reichspräsident	Paul von Hindenburg ; Adolf Hitler (as Führer) ; Karl Dönitz
Reichskanzler	Adolf Hitler ; Joseph Goebbels ; Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
No. of ministers	44 (Hitler cabinet); 17 (Goebbels cabinet); 7 (Schwerin von Krosigk cabinet)
Status in legislature	Großdeutscher Reichstag; (until 1934, then used for meeting purposes)
History
Election(s)	• March 1933 (8th Reichstag); • November 1933 (9th Reichstag); • 1934 referendum (merger of the positions of Chancellor and President); • March 1936 (10th Reichstag); • April 1938 (11th Reichstag)
Predecessor	Government of the Weimar Republic
Successor	Allied Control Council

The government of Nazi Germany was a governed by Adolf Hitler and other Nazis.^[1]

List of organizations of the Nazi Germany:

Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces)
- Heer (German Army)
  - Afrika Korps (German Africa Corps - DAK)
- Kriegsmarine (German Navy)
- Luftwaffe (German Air Force)
Nazi Party (NSDAP - National Socialist German Workers' Party)
- Schutzstaffel (SS - Protection Squadron)
  - Waffen-SS (German Armed SS)
  - Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei - Secret State Police)
- Sturmabteilung (SA - Storm Division)
- Hitler Youth (HJ - Hitlerjugend)