Werner Naumann

Werner Naumann
Reichsminister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
In office 30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945
Chancellor	Joseph Goebbels
Preceded by	Joseph Goebbels
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Staatssekretär of the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
In office 22 April 1944 – 30 April 1945
Appointed by	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Leopold Gutterer [de]
Succeeded by	None
Personal details
Born	(1909-06-16)16 June 1909 Guhrau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	25 October 1982(1982-10-25) (aged 73) Lüdenscheid, West Germany
Political party	Nazi Party (1928–1945)
Other political affiliations	FDP (1951-1953) Deutsche Reichspartei (1953)

Werner Naumann (16 June 1909 – 25 October 1982) was a German civil servant and politician. He was State Secretary in Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the Nazi Germany era. He was appointed head of the Propaganda Ministry by Adolf Hitler in his last will and testament after Goebbels was promoted to Reichskanzler. Naumann was present in the Führerbunker in late April 1945. He eluded capture and led an underground existence under an assumed name until an amnesty in 1950. For the next few years, he headed a clandestine Neo-Nazi organization known as the Naumann Circle until it was exposed and he was arrested. He was subsequently judged to be a "Category II offender" in a denazification proceeding.