Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
The building of the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Wilhelmstrasse, during the Nazi era. After the interior was destroyed in World War II, the former palace, which had been earmarked for reconstruction in 1956, was demolished by the East Berlin municipal administration in 1960/62.
Agency overview
Formed	March 1919 (1919-03)
Dissolved	8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)
Jurisdiction	Government of Weimar Republic Government of Nazi Germany
Minister responsible	See list

The Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture (German: Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, abbreviated RMEL) was responsible for the agricultural policy of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933 and during the Nazi dictatorship of the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945. It was headed by a Reichsminister under whom a state secretary served. On 1 January 1935,^[1] the ministry merged with the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forests [de], founded in 1879. Until 1938 and the Anschluss with Austria, it was called the "Reich and Prussian Ministry of Food and Agriculture".^[2] After the end of National Socialism in 1945 and of the Allied occupation of Germany, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture was established in 1949 as a successor in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).