Werner Naumann

Werner Naumann (June 16 1909 – October 25 1982) was a State Secretary in Joseph Goebbels' Propagandaministerium during the Third Reich. He was appointed head of the Propaganda Ministry by Hitler in his political testament after Dr. Goebbels was promoted to Reichkanzler.

Naumann was born in Guhrau in the Province of Silesia.

Friedrich Bergold testified at Nuremberg that he had last seen Naumann walking a metre in front of Martin Bormann when the latter was hit by a Soviet rocket.

Naumann was arrested by the British Army in 1953 and accused of being the leader of a Neo-Nazi group that attempted to infiltrate West German political parties; he was released after seven months in custody. He died in Lüdenscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia.