Who was second in power next to Hitler?

Answer 1

Except at the very end of the war, there was never really any formally designated second in command. Hermann Göring was generally considered the second most powerful Nazi for most of Hitler's reign. However, Hitler's personal secretary, a man named Martin Bormann, had enormous influence, since he had control over who got to see Hitler, and what information Hitler received. Heinrich Himmler (commander of the SS) and Joseph Goebbels (Minister of Propaganda) were also immensely powerful.

When it became clear to everyone, even Hitler, that Germany had lost World War II, Hitler decided to officially designate Göring as his successor; it also was clear to everyone that Hitler intended to commit suicide. Göring (who was not in Berlin at the time) sent Hitler a telegram asking for permission to take control of the government; Bormann got the telegram first and then used it to try to prove that Göring was a traitor. Göring was fired and ordered arrested.

Hitler killed himself on April 30, 1945, and Hitler's will made Admiral Karl Dönitz the new President, with Goebbels as Chancellor. But Dönitz was confined to the town of Flensburg (on the border with Denmark) and Goebbels committed suicide the day after Hitler. Dönitz surrendered on May 8, and his brief government was officially dissolved a couple weeks later.

Answer 2

Hitler never really had a "number two." As a dictator, he was too smart to allow anyone to hold a position that might be used to challenge him. In the first years of Nazi rule, Franz von Papen was Deputy Chancellor but had no real power. Rudolph Hess was Deputy Fuehrer in the Nazi party but lacked charisma - no one thought he could succeed Hitler as party leader. Toward the end of the war, Hitler designated Hermann Goering as his successor, but intrigues undermined Goering's standing, and in his last testament Hitler named Admiral Doenitz as his successor.

Answer 3

from 1933 to 1941-42, Goering lost power over to Himmler as the Luftwaffe had lost it's efficency and vitalness, and the SS gained supremacy over the Luftwaffe as the wehrmacht orchestrated several attempts on Hitler's life, hitler would come to lose faith in the wehrmacht and use the SS to fight his war, but the wehrmacht still fought though, it's the Luftwaffe that was useless after 1944 that gave Himmler decisive "second in command" title in favor of Goering

Answer 4

Hermann Goering was appointed Hitler's succesor on 1 Sept 1939.

Answer 5

Under JCS 1067, The Commanders in Chief of the four Allied powers that occupied Germany after 1945.

Answer 6

1. Aldof Hitler (The Fuhrer)

2. Herman Goring

2. Heinrich Himmler

3. Aldof Eichman

4. Joseph Gobbles

5. Rudolf Hess

6. Martian Bormman

Answer 7

Herman goring, he was appointed as second in command, and Hitler's successor.