RMVP

[Phil Nix]

Here is a listing made some years ago from data at the University of Warwick perhaps checks could be made and ammended
Phil Nix

[Pitino]

Phil,
-Thanks for putting up your lists!!!! I will be putting up mine in the future and maybe with both of ours put together we can make a correct RMVP Departmental List!!! Here is mine for the Presse, Rundfunk, and Film

-1.-Abteilung IV Deutsche Presse (RMVP)- (Department IV German Press)
-(March 1933-June 1933)- Geheimrat Walther Alexander Heide
-(July 1,1933-April 1,1936)- Ministerialrat Dr. Kurt Jahnke
-(April 1,1936-December 23,1938)- Ministerialdirektor Alfred-Ingemar Berndt
-(December 23,1938-November 3,1942)- Ministerialdirektor Hans Fitzsche
-(November 3,1942-February or May 1945)- Ministerialrat Erich Fischer

-Stellvertreter Leiter- (Deputy Leader)
-(1933-1938)- Ministerialrat Werner Stephan
-(Beginning 1938-June 1938)- Ministerialrat Dr. Hans Brauweiler
-(June 1933 or June 1,1938-December 23,1938)- Ministerialrat Hans Fritzsche
-(December 23,1938-May 1945)- ????

-2.-Abteilung III Rundfunk (RMVP)- (Department III Broadcasting)
-(March 1933-July 8,1933)- Dr. jur. Gustav Krukenberg
-(July 1933-March 19,1937)- Ministerialrat Horst Dressler-Andress
-(March 19,1937-??? )- Dr. Hans Gottfried Kriegler
-(September 30,1939-September 5,1941)- Alfred-Ingemar Berndt
-(February 1940-August 1940)- Eugen Hadamovsky -(Filled in while Berndt was seving in the war)
-(February 1941-November 3,1942)- Wolfgang Diewerge
-(November 3,1942-May 1945)- Ministerialdirektor Hans Fritzsche

-3.-Abteilung V Film (RMVP)- (Department V Film)
-(April 1933-August 17,1937)- Ministerialrat Dr. Ernst Seeger
-(August 17,1937-January 1938)- Wolgang Fischer- (Kommissarischer)
-(January 1938-August 1939)- Ernst von Leichtenstern
-(August 25,1939-June 10,1943)- Dr. Fritz Hippler
-(June 10,1943-February 1944)- Dr. Peter Gast- (Kommissarischer)
-(February 1944-March 1944)- Karl Fries- (Kommissarischer)
-(March 1944-April 1944)- Kurt Parbel- (Kommissarischer)
-(April 1944-May 1945)- Hans Hinkel


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[Pitino]

Phil,
-Here is what I have for Musik,Propaganda and Schrifttum!!!

-1.-Abteilung VI Theater, Musik, und Kunst (RMVP)- (Department VI Theater, Music, and Art)
-(April 1933-1935)- Ministerialrat Otto Laubinger

-(1935)- Renamed

-Abteilung IX Musik und bildende Künste (RMVP)- (Department IX Music and Fine Art)
-(1935-January 29,1937)- Ministerialrat Otto von Keudell

-(1937)- Renamed

-Abteilung X Musik (RMVP)- (Department X Music)
-(January 29,1937-May 1945)- Dr. Heinz Drewes

-2.-Abteilung VIII Schrifttum (RMVP)- (Department VIII Literature)
-(October 1,1934-August 1937)- Dr. Heinz Wismann- (Erster)
-(June 28,1937-October 1938)- Karl Heinz Hederich
-(October 1938-October 1,1939)- Alfred-Ingemar Berndt
-(1939)- Hans Hinkel- (Zeitweilig Kommissarischer)
-(October 1,1939-May 1945)- Wilhelm Haegert

-3.-Abteilung II Propaganda (RMVP)- (Department II Propaganda)
-(April 1933-January 1937)- Wilhelm Haegert
-(January 1937-August 1940)- Leopold Gutterer
-(August 1940-September 1941)- Ernst Braeckow
-(September 5, 1941-December 1944)- Alfred-Ingemar Berndt
-(December 1944-May 1945)- Dr. Karl Lapper

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[Pitino]

Phil,
-I am pretty sure Hermann Esser was not appointed Staatssekrtär im RMVP until (1939) maybe (Dec. 12,1939)!!!!

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[Pitino]

Phil,
-According to Goebbels Personal Diaries he replaced Leopold Gutterer as Staatssekretär on (April 25,1944). Although, I have seen a number of different dates for this before (For ex.-April 28 and May 1)!!! Also, in those diaries he dismissed Alfred-Ingemar Berndt on (June 7,1944) for indiscretion!!! If the Berndt date is correct then our Propaganda Abteilung der RMVP will have to be altered.

Pitino

[Pitino]

-Phil,
-Everything that I am finding has Wilhelm Haegert taking over the Abteilung Schrifttum in (November 1939) and some even say (end November 1939). This timeline would fit in with Hinkel serving as the Temporary Leiter in (1939). Are you positive of your (October 1,1939) date? I think Berndt was dismissed (October 1,1939) by Goebbels. Then Goebbels had Hans Hinkel act as a Temporary fill in until he could find a permanent fixture to replace Berndt. Finally, I think Goebbels found his man (Wilhelm Haegert) sometime in (November 1939). If I am correct then we will have to alter our Abteilung Schrifttum List!!!

Pitino

[Phil Nix]

-Phil,
-Everything that I am finding has Wilhelm Haegert taking over the Abteilung Schrifttum in (November 1939) and some even say (end November 1939). This timeline would fit in with Hinkel serving as the Temporary Leiter in (1939). Are you positive of your (October 1,1939) date? I think Berndt was dismissed (October 1,1939) by Goebbels. Then Goebbels had Hans Hinkel act as a Temporary fill in until he could find a permanent fixture to replace Berndt. Finally, I think Goebbels found his man (Wilhelm Haegert) sometime in (November 1939). If I am correct then we will have to alter our Abteilung Scrifttum List!!!

Pitino

This agrees with what I have on Hinkel, Berndt and and Haegert
Phil Nix

[Pitino]

-This is the way the Abteilung Scrifttum should look:

-Abteilung VIII (Schrifttum) RMVP- (Department VIII (Literature) RMVP)
-(October 1,1934-August 1937)- Dr. Heinz Wismann- (Erster)
-(June 28,1937-October 1938)- Karl Heinz Hederich- (Official dismissal was December 24, 1938)
-(October 1938-October 1,1939)- Alfred-Ingemar Berndt- (Official takeover was December 24, 1938)
-(1939)- Hans Hinkel- (Zeitweilig Kommissarischer)
-(November 1939-May 1945)- Wilhelm Haegert

Pitino

[Phil Nix]

This later became Abt XII
Phil Nix

[Phil Nix]

Here is what I have on Reichsverkehrsministerium
Phil Nix

[Pitino]

-I do not have a lot for this ministry, but this is what I have for the Transport Ministry right now:

-Reichsverkehrsministerium- (Reich Transport Ministry)

-Reichsminister
-(June 1,1932-February 2,1937)- Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach- (Also Postal Minister)
-(February 2,1937-May 8,1945)- Julius Dorpmüller
-(May 8,1945-May 23,1945)- Julius Dorpmüller- (In Dönitz Cabinet)

-Staatssekretär
-(1932-February 16,1940)- Gustav Koenigs
-(February 2,1937-May 23,1945)- Wilhelm Kleinmann
-(May 23,1942-May 8,1945)- Albert Ganzenmüller

-Personalreferent
-( ??? - ??? )- Ministerialrat Paxmann

-Persönlicher Referent des Ministers und Pressestelle
-( ??? - ??? )- Dr. ing. Sommer

-Pressestelle
-( ??? - ??? )- Oberpostrat Theurer

-Minister-Bürodirektor
-( ??? - ??? )- Oberregierungsrat Taege

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[Pitino]

-Anyone know the first name of Ministerialdirektor Dräger (maybe Hans or Jörg) and the date that he succeeded Dr. Heinrich Hunke as Leiter der Abteilung Ausland im RMVP. Also, anyone know if it was Dr. Ernst Biebrach or Kurt Biebrach that replaced Otto von Keudell as Leiter der Abteilung Bildende Kunst im RMVP? What date did the Biebrach fellow take over for Keudell?

Pitino

[Dieter Zinke]

Dr. phil. h.c. Hans K. H. F. W. Draeger

11.01.1944 Leiter der Abteilung VII (Ausland) im Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda

With a probability bordering on certainty he was also a Militärverwaltungsvizechef, but where, when and what field of activity resp. what area of operation ???

Dieter Z.

[Igor Karpov]

Dr. Ernst Biebrach or Kurt Biebrach

He was Ministerialrat.

Regards,
Igor

[Pitino]

-I hane some news on the Hans Draeger appointment to Leiter der Abteilung Ausland im RMfVuP. I found a transmission from Rosenberg on (December 22, 1943) that suggests Rosenberg was not happy with Draeger becoming the next Leiter of the Abteilung Auslands. Bormann dismissed Rosenbergs's complaint then on (January 12, 1944) another transmission states that Draeger is appointed to Leiter der Abteilung Auslands im RMfVuP. Rosenberg wanted further examination into RAL Draeger, but it was to no avail. Chalk up another victory for Bormann!!! One thing I do not understand is why Goebbels wouldn't have had the last say so in his own Ministry????

Pitino