List of Reichstag deputies in the Third Reich (4th electoral term)

This is a list of Reichstag deputies in the Third Reich (4th electoral term). The Reichstag of Nazi Germany existed from 1933 to 1945. Its 4th electoral term began with the parliamentary election of 10 April 1938 and lasted until the downfall of the Nazi regime in May 1945.

Elections The 10 April 1938 parliamentary election was the first held after the Anschluss of 12 March 1938 had incorporated Austria into Nazi Germany. Reflecting this fact, the parliament from this point forward was named Der Großdeutsche Reichstag (The Greater German Reichstag).Der Großdeutsche Reichstag 1938, IV. Wahlperiode In addition to the Reichstag deputies elected from Germany proper, a total of 73 new deputies were elected to represent the newly named Land Österreich, bringing the total number of members to 814. According to the official election results, almost 49 million votes were cast (99.6% turnout), 99.1% of them for the electoral lists of the NSDAP.

At the supplementary election conducted on 4 December 1938, 41 deputies from the recently annexed Sudetenland also entered the Reichstag. According to the official election results, almost 2.5 million votes were cast (98.61% turnout), 98.90% of them for the Nazi Party electoral list. The subsequent admission of deputies from other areas that became part of the Reich raised the final number of members of the 4th electoral term to 876.

Sessions

The Reichstag members of the 4th electoral term met at the Kroll Opera House for eight sessions, the first being on 30 January 1939 and the last being on 26 April 1942. The only laws passed by the Reichstag during this time were the Law Extending the Enabling Act (30 January 1939) and the Law on the Reunification of the Free City of Danzig with the German Reich (1 September 1939). They also passed a resolution at their last session proclaiming Adolf Hitler "Supreme Judge of the German People", officially allowing him to override the judiciary and the civil service by removing judges and other officials without due process.Decision of the Greater German Reichstag of 26 April 1942

Reichstag Sessions – 4th Electoral Term Session Date Notable Actions 1 30 January 1939 Reichstag passage of an extension of the Enabling Act 2 28 April 1939 Hitler speech canceling the 1934 non-aggression pact with Poland and demanding the return of Danzig 3 1 September 1939 Reichstag passage of a law incorporating Danzig into Germany 4 6 October 1939 Hitler speech after the conquest of Poland, offering a peace settlement with Great Britain and France 5 19 July 1940 Hitler speech after the fall of France, offering Great Britain a choice of peace or continued war 6 4 May 1941 Hitler speech reviewing the recent Balkans campaign 7 11 December 1941 Hitler speech issuing a declaration of war on the US 8 26 April 1942 Reichstag approval of a resolution naming Hitler as "Supreme Judge of the German People"

Term extension On 25 January 1943, Hitler extended the term of the Reichstag members until 30 January 1947 by enacting the Law on the Extension of the Electoral Term of the Greater German Reichstag.Law on the Extension of the Electoral Term of the Greater German Reichstag This sought to avoid having to hold elections during the Second World War. Due to Germany's defeat and surrender on 8 May 1945, no election was ever held.

Presidium The Reichstag Presidium, consisting of a president and three deputies, was elected en bloc at the first meeting on 30 January 1939.

Presidium of the Reichstag Title Incumbent President Hermann Göring First Deputy Hanns Kerrl Second DeputyHermann Esser Third DeputyEmil Georg von Stauss

Members The Law Against the Formation of Parties of 13 July 1933 established the Nazi Party (NSDAP) as the only legal political party. As a result, in all subsequent Reichstag terms, the only parliamentary faction allowed was that of the NSDAP. Members of the Reichstag who did not formally belong to the Nazi Party were listed as "guests" of the NSDAP faction. There were only eleven such members in the Reichstag seated in the 4th electoral term.

A total of 814 Reichstag deputies were elected on 10 April 1938. This was raised to 855 after the supplementary election of 4 December 1938. Eighteen deputies were elected from the national electoral list and the remainder from individual constituencies. A listing of the members follows. Changes in Reichstag membership due to deaths, resignations or expulsions occurring up until 8 May 1945, and any resulting replacements, are annotated in the "Notes" column.

Reichswahlvorschlag (Reich Electoral List) The Reichswahlvorschlag was allocated 18 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesPaul Bang18791945Wilhelm Buße18781965Replaced Rudolf Hess, 27 November 1941Heinrich Claß18681953Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha18841954Carl Croneiß18911973Friedrich Everling18911958Oskar Farny18911983Ulrich Graf18781950Rudolf Hess18941987Expelled, 12 May 1941Alfred Hugenberg18651951Wilhelm Kube18871943Died, 22 September 1943Franz von Papen18791969Wilhelm Reinhard18691955Rudolf Schaper18811945Hermann Schmitz18811960Leo Schubert18851968Walter Schultze18941979Franz Seldte18821947Martin Spahn18751945Heinrich Walkenhorst19061972Replaced Wilhelm Kube, 8 November 1943

Constituency 1 (East Prussia) East Prussia was allocated 24 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesArtur Axmann19131996Replaced Georg Usadel, 6 October 1941Erich Behrendt19041941Died, 27 December 1941Hermann Bethke19001940Replaced Georg von Walthausen, 15 October 1938; died, 14 January 1940Willi Boeckmann19101943Died, 28 July 1943Erich Boetel19041940Died, 22 May 1940Wilhelm Dame 18951966Replaced Erich Behrendt, 31 March 1942Paul Dargel1903unknownOskar Dobat19141973Replaced Willi Boeckmann, 17 November 1943Ernst Duschön 19041981Erich Fuchs 18941945Died, 9 April 1945Ferdinand Grossherr18981945Died, 9 April 1945Erich Koch18961986Karl-Siegmund Litzmann18931945Waldemar Magunia19021974Georg Mappes19001984Replaced Erich Boetel, 21 November 1940Erwin Nötzelmann19071981Ewald Oppermann18961965Hermann Paltinat19051974Joachim Paltzo 19121944Replaced Hermann Bethke, 9 February 1940; died, 19 January 1944Ernst Penner 18831940Died, 26 November 1940Eberhard Ponndorf18871980Erich Post19001945Replaced Ernst Penner, 12 March 1941; died 5 April 1945Alfred Preuss18871947Wilhelm Rediess19001945Died, 8 May 1945Erwin Rösener19021946Otto Schmidtke1902unknownReplaced Nikolaus Wehner, 23 January 1942Heinrich Schoene18891957Erich Spickschen18971957Jakob Sporrenberg19021952Georg Usadel19001941Died, 4 August 1941Georg von Walthausen18951978Resigned, 30 September 1938Nikolaus Wehner19011942Died, 19 July 1942

Constituency 2 (Berlin West) Berlin West was allocated 25 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesKarl Bombach18911945Died, 6 May 1945Albert Bormann19021989Otto Born18921945Died, 2 May 1945Otto Braß18871945Ralf Brockhausen18981945Died, 26 April 1945Johannes Engel18941973Hans Fabricius18911945Died, 28 April 1945Rolf Fordon 19091963Replaced Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, 8 December 1944Hans von Freyberg18811945Died, 24 April 1945Otto Frowein18991945Hermann Giesler18981987Replaced Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz, 4 August 1943Joseph Goebbels 18971945Died, 1 May 1945Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz18941976Resigned, 31 March 1943Paul Harpe19021983Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff18961944Expelled, 10 August 1944Max Henze18991951Erich Hilgenfeldt18971945Died, 25 April 1945Paul Körner18931957Hermann Kriebel18761941Died, 16 February 1941Reinhard Neubert18961945Died, 27 April 1945Ernst Peikert19001947Replaced Ernst Graf zu Reventlow, 1 September 1944Wilhelm Petzold18981945Died, 2 May 1945Ernst Graf zu Reventlow18691943Died, 21 November 1943Robert Schormann19061962Walter Schuhmann18981956Alfred Spangenberg18971947Albert Speer19051981Replaced Hermann Kriebel, 25 August 1941Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim18721959Wilhelm Weiss18921950

Constituency 3 (Berlin East) Berlin East was allocated 27 seats.

+NameImageBirthDeathNotesErich Akt1898unknownKurt Blome18941969Replaced Gerhard Wagner, 22 April 1939Wilhelm Brückner18841954Kurt Daluege18971946Otto Engelbrecht18961970Replaced Walther Freiherr von Lindenfels, 9 December 1938Alfred Ernst18951953Hugo Fischer19021976Waldemar Geyer18821947Artur Görlitzer18931945Died, 25 April 1945Karl Hanke19031945Hans Hinkel 19011960Heinrich Hunke19022000Dietrich von Jagow18921945Died, 26 April 1945Károly Kampmann19021945Died, 4 May 1945Jakob Kessel18811965Replaced Paul Moder, 11 September 1942Moritz Kraut19051941Died, 29 December 1941Hans Krebs 18881947Walther Freiherr von Lindenfels18781938Died, 6 December 1938Kurt Mende 19071944Replaced Moritz Kraut, 6 March 1942; died, 16 July 1944Paul Moder18961942Died, 8 February 1942Walter Ruppin18851945Died, 3 May 1945Gerhard Schach 19061945Died, 2 May 1945Erich Schüler19051987Paul Skoda19011945Missing, 20 April 1945Walter Stang18951945Died, 14 April 1945Werner Wächter19021946Gerhard Wagner18881939Died, 25 March 1939Kurt Wege18911947Fritz Wiedemann18911970Karl Wollenberg19031958Martin Wülfing18991986

Constituency 4 (Potsdam) Potsdam was allocated 18 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesWilhelm Decker 18991945Died, 1 May 1945Hermann Göring18931946Richard Kackstein19031966Otto Kannengiesser 18931958Adolf Katz18991980Hermann Kretzschmann18861964Walter Kühle18881972Willi Luckner18961975August Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen18871949Theodor von Renteln18971946Joachim von Ribbentrop18931946Willi Ruckdeschel19001974Karl Schultz19021977Helmut Stellrecht18981987Fritz Tittmann18981945Died, 25 April 1945Paul Wegener19081993Martin Wendt18861947Heinz Wohlleben19051972

Constituency 5 (Frankfurt an der Oder) Frankfurt an der Oder was allocated 18 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesMartin Bormann19001945Died, 2 May 1945Reinhard Bredow 18721945Oluf Christensen 19041957Replaced Arno Manthey, 29 November 1941Sepp Dietrich18921966Hans Grüneberg 18991991Wolfgang Kraneck19001943Died, 30 December 1943Erich Krüger 18941945Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger18941945Werner Kuhnt19112000Richard Kunze18721945Theodor Leonhardt19051975Replaced Wolfgang Kraneck, 26 April 1944Arno Manthey18881941Died, 12 September 1941Michael Münster19011986Emil Popp18971955Hans Richter19051962Erich Scheibner18891968Karl Scholze19021986Hartmut Stegemann19081987Emil Stürtz18921945Missing, 21 April 1945Wilhelm Wigand18951945Died, 22 April 1945

Constituency 6 (Pomerania) Pomerania was allocated 20 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesHeinrich Bennecke19021972Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen19011949Willi Bloedorn18871946Walther von Corswant18861942Died, 12 December 1942Otto Gohdes18961945Died, 5 March 1945Konstantin Hierl18751955Johannes Künzel18991978Kurt Lüdtke18981991Kurt Martius19031970Emil Mazuw19001987Kuno Popp18931973Heinrich Sauer19051966Baldur von Schirach19071974August Schirmer 19051948Heinrich Schnee 18711949Siegfried Schug18981961Robert Schulz19001974Franz Schwede-Coburg18881960Paul Simon19081947Rudolf Weiss18891945Died, 22 February 1945

Constituency 7 (Breslau) Breslau was allocated 20 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesGünther Arndt18941975Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski18991972Fritz Bracht18991945Axel von Freytagh-Loringhoven18781942Died, 28 October 1942Walter Gottschalk18931952Wilhelm von Grolman18941985Otto Herzog19001945Died, 6 May 1945Albert Hoffmann19071972Replaced Hans Huebenett, 3 June 1941Hans Huebenett18961940Died, 28 November 1940Otto Jaeschke18901957Replaced Johannes von Reibnitz, 19 July 1939Ernst Jenke18831950Viktor Lutze18901943Fritz Marx19001985Julius Merz 1903unknownHelmut Möckel 19091945Replaced Axel von Freytagh-Loringhoven, 28 November 1942; died, 15 February 1945Karl Peschke18821943Johannes von Reibnitz18821939Died, 25 June 1939Heinrich-Christian Schäfer-Hansen19011977Albrecht Schmelt18991945Hermann Schneider18721953Josef Schönwälder18971972Richard Türk19031984Udo von Woyrsch18951983

Constituency 8 (Liegnitz) Liegnitz was allocated 13 seats.