Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (German)
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels in 1942
Ministry overview
Formed	14 March 1933 (1933-03-14)
Dissolved	2 May 1945 (1945-05-02)[1]
Jurisdiction	Government of Nazi Germany
Headquarters	Ordenspalais Wilhelmplatz 8/9, Berlin-Mitte 52°30′45″N 13°23′1″E / 52.51250°N 13.38361°E / 52.51250; 13.38361
Employees	2,000 (1939)
Annual budget	14 million ℛℳ (1933) (€65 million in 2021) 187 million ℛℳ (1941) (€803 million in 2021)
Ministers responsible	Joseph Goebbels Werner Naumann
Child agencies	Reich Chamber of Culture Reich Chamber of Film

The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, RMVP), also known simply as the Ministry of Propaganda (Propagandaministerium), controlled the content of the press, literature, visual arts, film, theater, music and radio in Nazi Germany.

The ministry was created as the central institution of Nazi propaganda shortly after the party's national seizure of power in January 1933. In the Hitler cabinet, it was headed by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, who exercised control over all German mass media and creative artists through his ministry and the Reich Chamber of Culture (Reichskulturkammer), which was established in the fall of 1933.