Decree setting up Secret Cabinet Council k February 1938
Reichsgesetzblatt, 1938, Part I, page 112.
For my guidance in the conduct of Foreign Policy, I am creating a Secret Cabinet Council.
I nominate as President of the Secret Cabinet Council: Reichsminister Freiherr von Neurath.
I appoint as members of the Secret Cabinet;
The Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop,
The President of Prussia, Minister for Air and the Air Force, Field Marshal Herman Goering,
The Deputy of the Fuehrer, Rudolf Hess,
The Minister for Enlightenment and Propaganda, Dr. Joseph Goebbels.
The Minister and Head of the Reich Chancellory, Dr. Hans Heinrich Lammers,
The Supreme Commander of the Army, Col. Gen. Walther v Brauchitsch,
The Supreme Commander of the Navy, Admiral Dr. L. C. Erich Raeder,
Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, General of the Artillery, Wilhelm Keitel,
The Reichsminister and Head of the Reichschancellery will conduct the current business of the Secret Cabinet Council.
Berlin, 4th February 1938.
Fuehrer and Reichchancellor,
ADOLF HITLER.
Reichsminister and Head of Reichschancellery
Dr. LAMMERS.
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Decree establishing the Secret Cabinet Council (on foreign policy) and appointing its members, including von Neurath, Ribbentrop, Goering, Hess, Raeder, and Keitel
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)
Hans H. Lammers
German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)
- Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
- Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)
Date: 04 February 1938
Literal Title: Extract from Reichsgesetzblatt. . . . Decree setting up Secret Cabinet Council 4 February 1938.
Defendants: Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Rudolf Hess, Wilhelm Keitel, Constantin Neurath, von, Erich Raeder, Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-1337
Citation: IMT (page 2335)
HLSL Item No.: 451888