List of Members of the Prussian State Council of Nazi Germany

Prussian State Council
(Nazi Germany)

Preußischer Staatsrat
Coat of arms or logo
Civil flag of Prussia
Type
Type
Advisory body
History
Established8 July 1933
Disbanded8 May 1945
Preceded byPrussian State Council (Weimar Republic)
Succeeded byFormally abolished,
25 February 1947
Leadership
Präsident
Meeting place
New Palace, Potsdam
Main article: Prussian State Council (Nazi Germany)

The List of Members of the Prussian State Council of Nazi Germany enumerates the persons who served on the advisory body to the Prussian minister president, which existed from July 1933 to May 1945. The State Council by law consisted of (1) members by virtue of office (ex officio members) and (2) members who were appointed by the Prussian minister president. The ex officio members were the minister president and the Prussian cabinet ministers. Of the fifty appointed members, some were to be drawn specifically from the state secretaries of the ministries and certain other Nazi Party or government office holders, among whom were the Stabschef of the SA, the Reichsführer-SS, certain other high ranking SA and SS officers and the Gauleiter of the Prussian Gaue. The remaining appointed members were to include representatives of churches, business, labor, science, art and other "men of merit". Of the 125 known members of the State Council, some 31 died in office, 18 were dismissed, 12 resigned or retired and 64 remained in office at the fall of the Nazi regime.

List of ex officio members

Name[1] Term in office Qualifying office when appointed Comments[a]
Hermann Göring 1933–1945 Prussian Minister president Dismissed from all offices in April 1945.
Walter Darré 1933–1945 Prussian Minister of Agriculture, Land and Forests
Julius Dorpmüller 1937–1945 Prussian Minister of Transport
Wilhelm Frick 1934–1945 Prussian Minister of the Interior
Walther Funk 1938–1945 Prussian Minister of Economics
Franz Gürtner 1934–1935 Prussian Minister of Justice Resigned when Prussian Ministry merged with Reich Justice Ministry in April 1935.
Hanns Kerrl 1933–1941 Prussian Minister of Justice Resigned as Minister in July 1934, but remained an appointed member and died in office in December 1941.
Johannes Popitz 1933–1944 Prussian Minister of Finance Dismissed and arrested in connection with the 20 July plot in July 1944.
Bernhard Rust 1933–1945 Prussian Minister of Science, Education and Popular Culture Died in office (suicide) in May 1945.
Kurt Schmitt 1933–1945 Prussian Minister of Economics and Labor Resigned as Minister in January 1935, but remained an appointed member until 1945.
Franz Seldte 1935–1945 Prussian Minister of Labor

List of appointed members

Name[2] Term in office Office or rank when appointed Comments[b]
Friedrich Alpers 1937–1944 State Secretary, Reich and Prussian State Forestry Office Died in office (suicide) in September 1944.
August Wilhelm of Prussia 1933–1945 SA-Gruppenführer
Herbert Backe 1935–1945 State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Wilhelm Berning 1933–1945 Bishop of Osnabrück
Wilhelm Börger 1933–1945 Trustee of Labour for the Rhine Province
Ernst Brandes 1933–1935 Estate owner in East Prussia Died in office in April 1935.
Rudolf Brinkmann 1938–1939 State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Economics Resigned and hospitalized for mental illness in May 1939.
Helmuth Brückner 1933–1934 Gauleiter of Silesia Dismissed from all offices in connection with the Röhm purge in December 1934.
Bruno Claußen 1933–1934 State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Economics and Labor Retired in May 1934.
Leonardo Conti 1934–1945 Health Commissioner, Prussian Interior Ministry
Kurt Daluege 1933–1945 SS-Gruppenführer
Georg von Detten 1933–1934 SA-Gruppenführer Died in office (murdered in the Röhm purge) in July 1934.
Sepp Dietrich 1933–1945 SS-Gruppenführer
Hermann Dohna-Finckenstein 1933–1942 Estate owner in West Prussia Died in office in December 1942.
Otto-Heinrich Drechsler 1937–1945 Oberbürgermeister of Lübeck Died in office (suicide) in May 1945.
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling 1937–1945 Gauleiter of Halle-Merseburg Died in office (suicide) in April 1945.
Karl Ernst 1933–1934 SA-Gruppenführer Died in office (murdered in the Röhm purge) in June 1934.
Friedrich Karl Florian 1933–1945 Gauleiter of Düsseldorf
Albert Forster 1933–1945 Gauleiter of Danzig
Roland Freisler 1933–1945 State Secretary, Prussian Justice Ministry Died in office (in an air raid) in February 1945.
Axel von Freytagh-Loringhoven 1933–1942 Professor of Law, University of Breslau Died in office in October 1942.
Wilhelm Furtwängler 1933–1945 Principal Conductor, Berlin Philharmonic
Paul Giesler 1941–1943 Gauleiter of Southern Westphalia Resigned in June 1943.
Artur Görlitzer 1933–1945 Deputy Gauleiter of Berlin Died in office (suicide) in April 1945.
Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz 1933–1945 Trustee of Labour, Province of Pomerania
Ludwig Grauert 1933–1945 State Secretary, Prussian Interior Ministry
Arthur Greiser[3] 1939–1945 Gauleiter of Posen
Erich Gritzbach 1938–1945 Chief of the Staff Office, Prussian State Ministry
Josef Grohé 1933–1945 Gauleiter of Cologne-Aachen
Gustaf Gründgens 1936–1945 Generalintendant, Prussian State Theater
Carl von Halfern 1933–1937 Oberpräsident, Province of Pomerania Died in office in October 1937.
Edmund Heines 1933–1934 SA-Obergruppenführer Died in office (murdered in the Röhm purge) in June 1934.
Kurt Herrmann 1938–1945 Publisher and industrialist
Reinhard Heydrich 1934–1942 Chief of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) Died in office (assassinated) in June 1942.
Heinrich Himmler 1933–1945 Reichsführer-SS Dismissed from all offices in April 1945.
Hans Hinkel 1939–1945 Department Head, Reich Ministry of Propaganda
Albert Hoffmann 1943–1945 Gauleiter of Southern Westphalia
Dietrich von Jagow 1934–1945 SA-Obergruppenführer Died in office (suicide) in April 1945.
Karl Jarres 1933–1945 Industrialist and business executive
Hanns Johst 1934–1945 First Chairman, German Academy for Poetry
Rudolf Jordan 1933–1945 Gauleiter of Halle-Merseburg
Wilhelm Karpenstein 1933–1934 Gauleiter of Pomerania Dismissed from all offices in connection with the Röhm purge in July 1934.
Walter von Keudell 1935–1937 Generalforstmeister Dismissed in November 1937.
Wilhelm Kleinmann 1937–1942 State Secretary, Prussian Transportation Ministry Dismissed in May 1942.
Erich Koch 1933–1945 Gauleiter of East Prussia
Gustav Koenigs 1935–1940 State Secretary, Prussian Transportation Ministry Resigned in February 1940.
Walter Köhler 1937–1945 Department Head, Four Year Plan
Paul Körner 1933–1945 State Secretary, Prussian State Ministry
Friedrich Krebs 1933–1945 Oberbürgermeister of Frankfurt
Johannes Krohn 1935–1945 State Secretary, Prussian Labor Ministry
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger 1933–1945 SA-Obergruppenführer
Wilhelm Kube 1933–1936 Gauleiter of Kurmark Dismissed from all offices in August 1936.
Wilhelm Kutscher 1933–1945 Retired Oberpräsident, Province of East Prussia
Friedrich Landfried 1933–1943 State Secretary, Prussian Finance Ministry Retired in November 1943.
Hartmann Lauterbacher 1941–1945 Gauleiter of Southern Hanover-Brunswick
Magnus von Levetzow 1935–1939 Retired Konteradmiral Died in office in March 1939.
Robert Ley 1933–1945 Chief of Staff, Nazi Party Political Organization
Julius Lippert 1937–1940 Oberbürgermeister and Stadtspräsident of Berlin Dismissed in July 1940.
Karl Litzmann 1933–1936 Retired General der Infanterie Died in office in May 1936.
Karl-Siegmund Litzmann 1933–1945 SA-Obergruppenführer
Hinrich Lohse 1933–1945 Gauleiter of Schleswig-Holstein
Ferdinand von Lüninck 1933–1944 Oberpräsident, Province of Westphalia Dismissed and arrested in connection with the 20 July plot in July 1944.
Hermann von Lüninck 1933–1937 Oberpräsident, Rhine Province Dismissed in June 1937.
Viktor Lutze 1933–1943 SA-Obergruppenführer Died in office (in an automobile accident) in May 1943.
Max Luyken 1933–1935 SA-Gruppenführer Resigned in September 1935.
August von Mackensen 1933–1945 Retired Generalfeldmarschall
Wilhelm Meinberg 1933–1945 President, Agricultural League
Kurt Melcher 1933–1945 Oberpräsident, Province of Saxony
Elhard von Morozowicz 1933–1934 SA-Gruppenführer Died in office (in an automobile accident) in January 1934.
Hermann Muhs 1937–1945 State Secretary, Prussian Ministry for Church Affairs
Ludwig Müller 1933–1945 Reichsbischof [de]
Erich Neumann 1933–1942 Ministerial Director, Prussian State Ministry Resigned in August 1942.
Werner Peiner[4] 1940–1945 Professor, Hermann Göring Master School for Painting
Hans Pfundtner 1934–1943 State Secretary, Prussian Interior Ministry Retired in August 1943.
Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse 1933–1943 Oberpräsident, Province of Hesse-Nassau Dismissed and arrested for complicity in Mussolini's overthrow in September 1943.
Paul Pleiger[5] 1943–1945 Board Chairman, Reichswerke Hermann Göring
Hans Ernst Posse 1935–1945 State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Economics
Friedrich Reinhart 1933–1943 President, Berlin Chamber of Industry and Trade Died in office in October 1943.
Ernst Röhm 1933–1934 SA-Stabschef Died in office (murdered in the Röhm purge) in July 1934.
Heinrich Sahm 1935 Oberbürgermeister of Berlin Resigned in December 1935.
Ferdinand Sauerbruch 1935–1945 Professor of Medicine, Charité Berlin University of Medicine
Hjalmar Schacht 1937–1943 President, Reichsbank Dismissed from all offices in January 1943.
Anton Schifferer 1933–1943 Estate owner in Schleswig-Holstein Died in office in July 1943.
Rudolf Schmeer 1935–1945 Deputy Leader, German Labor Front
Carl Schmitt 1933–1945 Professor of Law, Cologne University
Walter Schuhmann 1933–1945 Reich Chairman, National Socialist Factory Cell Organization
Franz Schwede 1934–1945 Gauleiter of Pomerania
Siegfried Seidel-Dittmarsch 1933–1934 SS-Gruppenführer Died in office in February 1934.
Gustav Simon 1933–1945 Gauleiter of Koblenz-Trier
Alois Spaniol 1933–1935 Landesführer, Saargebiet Dismissed in March 1935.
Albert Speer 1938–1945 General Building Inspector for the Reich Capital
Albert Stange 1933–1935 State Economic Commissioner, Regierungsbezirk Erfurt Dismissed in October 1935.
Peter Stangier 1933–1945 Deputy Gauleiter of Northern Westphalia
Emil Georg von Stauss 1933–1942 General Director, Deutsche Bank Died in office in December 1942.
Wilhelm Stuckart 1933–1934
1938–1945 		State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Science, Education and Popular Culture
State Secretary, Prussian Interior Ministry
Emil Stürtz 1936–1945 Gauleiter of Kurmark
Friedrich Syrup 1939–1942 State Secretary, Prussian Labor Ministry Dismissed in March 1942
Otto Telschow 1933–1945 Gauleiter of Eastern Hanover
Josef Terboven 1933–1945 Gauleiter of Essen Died in office (suicide) in May 1945.
Fritz Thyssen 1933–1938 Board Chairman, United Steelworks Resigned in November 1938.
Heinz Tietjen 1935–1945 Generalintendant, Prussian State Theater
Adolf von Trotha 1933–1940 Retired Vizeadmiral Died in office in October 1940.
Hans von Tschammer und Osten 1936–1943 Reich Sports Leader Died in office in March 1943.
Harald Turner 1938–1945 Ministerial Director, Prussian Finance Ministry
Curt von Ulrich 1933–1944 SA-Obergruppenführer Retired in July 1944.
Gustav Wagemann 1933 Ministerial Councilor, Prussian Justice Ministry. Died in office (in an airplane accident) in December 1933.
Josef Wagner 1933–1941 Gauleiter of Southern Westphalia Dismissed from all offices in November 1941.
Karl Weinrich 1933–1943 Gauleiter of Kurhessen Dismissed from all offices in November 1943.
Fritz Weitzel 1933–1940 SS-Gruppenführer Died in office (in an air raid) in June 1940.
Theodor Wiegand 1933–1936 President, German Archaeological Institute Died in office in December 1936.
Werner Willikens 1933–1945 State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Forests
Helmuth Wohlthat 1938–1945 Ministerial Director, Prussian Economics Ministry
Udo von Woyrsch 1933–1945 SS-Gruppenführer
Werner Zschintzsch 1936–1945 State Secretary, Prussian Ministry of Science, Education and Popular Culture

References

Notes

  1. ^ Date of departure if no longer a member at the end of the Nazi regime. Yellow background if died in office; blue if dismissed from office; pink if resigned or retired from office.
  2. ^ Date of departure if no longer a member at the end of the Nazi regime. Yellow background if died in office; blue if dismissed from office; pink if resigned or retired from office.

Citations

  1. ^ Lilla, Joachim (2005). Der Preußische Staatsrat 1921–1933: Ein biographisches Handbuch. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag. p. 295. ISBN 978-3-770-05271-4.
  2. ^ Lilla, Joachim (2005). Der Preußische Staatsrat 1921–1933: Ein biographisches Handbuch. Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag. pp. 296–299. ISBN 978-3-770-05271-4.
  3. ^ Miller, Michael D.; Schulz, Andreas (2012). Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925–1945. Vol. 1 (Herbert Albrecht - H. Wilhelm Hüttmann). R. James Bender Publishing. p. 362. ISBN 978-1-932-97021-0.
  4. ^ Werner Peine, Maler der Nationalsozialismus (1897-1984) in Portal Rhenische Geschichte
  5. ^ Klee, Ernst (2007). Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Frankfurt-am-Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag. p. 464. ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8.