Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production

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Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production
Agency overview
Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion

Formed	17 March 1940 (1940-03-17)
Dissolved	8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)
Jurisdiction	Government of Nazi Germany
Headquarters	Viktoriastraße 11, Berlin
Employees	500^{[citation needed]}
Minister responsible	see list

The Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production (Template:Lang-de) was established on March 17, 1940, in Nazi Germany.^[1] Its official name before September 2, 1943, was the 'Reichsministerium für Bewaffnung und Munition' (transl. Reich Ministry of Arming and Munitions).^[1]

Its task was to improve the supply of the Wehrmacht with the necessary supplies of weapons and ammunition.^{[citation needed]}

Ministers

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Cabinet	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Cabinet	Ref.
1		Todt, FritzFritz Todt (1891–1942)	17 March 1940	8 February 1942 †	1 year, 328 days		NSDAP	Hitler	^[2]
2		Speer, AlbertAlbert Speer (1905–1981)	8 February 1942	30 April 1945	3 years, 81 days		NSDAP	Hitler	^[3]
3		Saur, KarlKarl Saur (1902–1966)	30 April 1945	2 May 1945	2 days		NSDAP	Goebbels	^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "ÖNB-ALEX - Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I 1867-1945". alex.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ Stefan Kuhn Fritz Todt Deutsches Historisches Museum online, 17. September 2015 (German)
^ Wistrich, Robert (1982), Who's Who in Nazi Germany, Macmillan Publishing Co., p. 291, ISBN 0-02-630600-X
^ Speer, Albert (1970). Inside the Third Reich. New York: Avon Books. p. 613. ISBN 978-0380000715.

Members of the Hitler Cabinet

Chancellor: Adolf Hitler
Vice-Chancellor: Franz von Papen
Deputy Führer: Rudolf Hess
President of the Reichstag: Hermann Göring

Armaments	Fritz Todt Albert Speer
Aviation	Hermann Göring
Church Affairs	Hanns Kerrl Hermann Muhs (acting)
Eastern Territories	Alfred Rosenberg
Economics	Alfred Hugenberg Kurt Schmitt Hjalmar Schacht Hermann Göring Walther Funk
Education	Bernhard Rust
Finance	Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
Food and Agriculture	Alfred Hugenberg Richard Walther Darré Herbert Backe
Foreign Affairs	Konstantin von Neurath Joachim von Ribbentrop
Interior	Wilhelm Frick Heinrich Himmler
Justice	Franz Gürtner Franz Schlegelberger (acting) Otto Georg Thierack

Labour	Franz Seldte
Postal Affairs	Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach Wilhelm Ohnesorge
Propaganda	Joseph Goebbels
Reichswehr	Werner von Blomberg
Transport	Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach Julius Dorpmüller
Reichsministers without portfolio	Hans Frank Wilhelm Frick Hermann Göring Rudolf Hess Konstantin Hierl Hanns Kerrl Hans Lammers Konstantin von Neurath Ernst Röhm Hjalmar Schacht Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Members granted rank & authority equivalent to a Reichsminister	Martin Bormann Walther von Brauchitsch Karl Dönitz Karl Hermann Frank Werner von Fritsch Wilhelm Keitel Otto Meissner Erich Raeder

Reichsführer SS: Heinrich Himmler
Stabschef SA: Ernst Röhm

v t e Albert Speer
Realised structures	Nazi Party Rally Grounds (1933) Cathedral of Light (1934) Olympiastadion (1936) Adlerhorst (1939) Berlin Operating Base (1940) Schwerbelastungskörper (1941)
Unrealised plans	Deutsches Stadion Germania Volkshalle
Books by	Inside the Third Reich (1969) Spandau: The Secret Diaries (1975)
Works about	The Bunker (1981 film) Inside the Third Reich (1982 film) Albert Speer (2000 play) Speer und Er (2005 TV series) Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006 film) Speer: Hitler's Architect (2015 biography) Speer Goes to Hollywood (2020 film)
Miscellaneous	Beauty of Labour Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production Ruin value

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