List of Reich Commissioners to manage the business of the Prussian state government in 1932 and 1933

The list of Reich Commissioners to conduct the business of the Prussian state government in 1932 and 1933 provides an overview of the commissioners who were commissioned by the Reich governments of Papen , Schleicher and Hitler in the context of the Prussian strike , the government and ministries of the state in 1932 and 1933 To lead Prussia as a federal state of the German Reich, on the basis of an authorization promoted by Franz von Papen , which Reich President Paul von Hindenburg had issued by emergency decree of July 20, 1932 and officially by the State Court in the case of Prussia versus Reich on October 25 of that year was only partially confirmed, in fact, however, due to the lack of requests to reinstate the Prussian government.

Preliminary remarks

The commissioners held the position between the forced removal from office of the Prussian state government under the Social Democrat Otto Braun by the Reich government under Franz von Papen on July 20, 1932 (so-called Prussian strike ) until the re-establishment of a (theoretically) independent Prussian state government under that day As the new Prime Minister in Prussia, NSDAP politician Hermann Göring de facto appointed state ministers on April 11, 1933 and Göring took office on April 21, 1933.

From a technical point of view, the concept of the commissioner was binary: there was exactly one Reichskommissar appointed by the Reich President (namely the Reichskommissar for the Land of Prussia, who was to rule the Land or the State Government as a whole instead of the deposed Prime Minister until further notice) and up to seven Sub-commissioners appointed by this Reich Commissioner without the addition of "Reichs-". From a formal legal point of view, these simple commissioners were not Reich commissioners in their own right, but personalities appointed by the Reich Commissioner as his deputies to manage the respective Prussian specialist ministries. For example, the representative of the Reich Commissioner, entrusted with the management of the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests , traded as “Representative of the Reich Commissioner for the State of Prussia for the Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests” or “Commissioner of the Reich for the Prussian Ministry for Agriculture, Domains and Forests ”.

Overview of the Reich Commissioners

Contrary to the Wikipedia convention, additions to names such as academic degrees and job titles are also given here, since these are the official titles under which these personalities operated as commissioners, e.g. B. in their certificates of appointment and discharge.

Reich Commissioner for the State of Prussia (Chairman of the Prussian State Ministry):

July 20, 1932 to December 3, 1932: Reich Chancellor Franz von Papen (independent, previously center)
December 3, 1932 to January 30, 1933: Reich Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher (independent)
January 30, 1933 to April 11, 1933: Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen (independent)

Prussian Ministry of Finance:
Commissioner of the Reich for the Prussian Ministry of Finance

July 20, 1932 to October 30, 1932: State Secretary Frank Schleusener (independent)
October 30, 1932 to April 21, 1933: Professor Dr. Johannes Popitz (independent, later NSDAP)

Prussian Ministry of Commerce and Industry / Prussian Ministry of Economics and Labor (from December 1, 1932):
Reich Commissioner for the Prussian Ministry of Commerce and Industry

20./22. July 1932 to February 3, 1933: Reich Commissioner for Banking, Ministerialdirektor ret. D. Friedrich Ernst (independent)
February 3, 1933 to June 29, 1933: Reich Minister of Economics Alfred Hugenberg (DNVP)

Prussian Ministry of the Interior:
Commissioner of the Reich for the Prussian Ministry of the Interior

July 20, 1932 to January 30, 1933: Lord Mayor or (from October 29, 1932) Reich Minister without portfolio or Reich Minister of the Interior (from December 3, 1932) Dr. e. H. Franz Bracht (independent)
January 30, 1933 to April 21, 1933: Reich Minister without portfolio Hermann Göring (NSDAP)

Prussian Ministry of Justice:
Commissioner of the Reich for the Prussian Ministry of Justice

July 20, 1932 to March 23, 1933: State Secretary Heinrich Hölscher (center, later non-party)
March 23, 1933 to April 21, 1933: President of the State Parliament, Head of Justice Hanns Kerrl (NSDAP)

Prussian Ministry for Agriculture, Domains and Forests :
Commissioner of the Reich for the Prussian Ministry for Agriculture, Domains and Forests

July 20, 1932 to October 30, 1932: State Secretary (in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture) Fritz Mussehl (independent)
October 30, 1932 to January 30, 1933: Reich Minister (for Food and Agriculture) Magnus Freiherr von Braun (DNVP)
February 3, 1933 to June 29, 1933: Reich Minister (for Food and Agriculture) Alfred Hugenberg (DNVP)

Prussian Ministry for People's Welfare (repealed on December 1, 1932):
Commissioner of the Reich for the Prussian Ministry for People's Welfare

20./22. July 1933 to November 30, 1932: State Secretary Adolf Scheidt (independent)

Prussian Ministry for Science, Art and Public Education:
Commissioner of the Reich for the Prussian Ministry for Science, Art and Public Education

July 20 to October 30, 1932: State Secretary Aloys Lammers (center, later CDU)
October 30, 1932 to February 3, 1933: University professor Dr. Wilhelm Kähler (DNVP)
February 3, 1933 to April 21, 1933: Gauleiter student councilor a. D. Bernhard Rust (NSDAP)

literature

Joachim Lilla : The Reich Commissioner for the State of Prussia 1932 to 1933 , in: Research on Brandenburg and Prussian History , Vol. 19 (2009), Issue 1, pp. 117f.

Individual evidence

↑ The lemma can be described even more precisely as the list of commissioners charged with managing the affairs of the Prussian state government during the existence of the Reichskommissariat for the State of Prussia in 1932 and 1933 , under which this list was created.
↑ A legal special case formed the commissariats for the "Prussian Ministry of Trade and Industry" as well as for the "Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests", which even after the dissolution of the institution of the Reichskommissariat per se - i.e. the Reichskommissariat as a temporary replacement for the entire Prussian state government as the higher authority of these two ministries or the dissolution of the entire institution (commissioner for the Prussian state government), of which these two departmental commissioners formed a part - in April 1933 formally until June 29, 1933 remained because the Reich Minister of Economics Alfred Hugenberg was appointed commissioner for these two Prussian ministries on January 30, 1933 in personal union with his office as minister in the Reich government, so that the commissioners could only be dissolved after Hugenberg resigned as Reich Minister.

[1] The lemma can be described even more precisely as the list of commissioners charged with managing the affairs of the Prussian state government during the existence of the Reichskommissariat for the State of Prussia in 1932 and 1933 , under which this list was created.

[2] A legal special case formed the commissariats for the "Prussian Ministry of Trade and Industry" as well as for the "Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests", which even after the dissolution of the institution of the Reichskommissariat per se - i.e. the Reichskommissariat as a temporary replacement for the entire Prussian state government as the higher authority of these two ministries or the dissolution of the entire institution (commissioner for the Prussian state government), of which these two departmental commissioners formed a part - in April 1933 formally until June 29, 1933 remained because the Reich Minister of Economics Alfred Hugenberg was appointed commissioner for these two Prussian ministries on January 30, 1933 in personal union with his office as minister in the Reich government, so that the commissioners could only be dissolved after Hugenberg resigned as Reich Minister.