The Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich was a six-member ministerial council created in Nazi Germany by Adolf Hitler on 30 August 1939, in anticipation of the invasion of Poland – which
Decree of 16 November 1942 stating: "The Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich decrees by law:"
Hans Lammers
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Hans Heinrich Lammers was a German jurist and prominent Nazi Party politician. From 1933 until 1945 he served as Chief of the Reich Chancellery under Adolf Hitler. In 1937, he additionally was given t
Lammers in 1938
Himmler (at podium) with Heinz Guderian and Hans Lammers in October 1944
Lammers in 1947 facing trial for crimes against humanity