# Reich Cultural Senate

The Reich Cultural Senate was a body directly subordinate to the Nazi Reich Chamber of Culture, created by Chamber President and Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels on 15 November 1935.

## Members of the Reich Cultural Senate at the time of its founding
### Reich Cultural Managers

* Walther Funk (1890–1960), Vice President of the Reich Chamber of Culture, State President
* Hans Schmidt-Leonhardt [de] (1886–1945), managing director of the Reich Chamber of Culture, ministerial councillor
* Franz Moraller [de] (1903–1986), managing director of the Reich Chamber of Culture, SA senior leader
* Hans Hinkel (1901–1960), managing director of the Reich Chamber of Culture, member of the Reichstag

### Members of the Reich Chamber of Literature

* Hanns Johst (1890–1978)
* Heinz Wismann (ministerial official) [de] (1897–1947)
* Richard Suchenwirth [de] (1896–1965)
* Hans Friedrich Blunck (1888–1961)
* Karl Baur (publisher) [de] (1898–1984)
* Wilhelm Baur (publisher) [de] (1905–1945)
* Theodor Fritsch (bookseller) [de] (1895–1946)
* Karl Heinz Hederich [de] (1902–1976)
* Carl Vincent Krogmann (1889–1978), Hamburg
* Gerhard Schumann [de] (1911–1995)
* Martin Wülfing [de] (1899–1986)
* Heinrich Anacker (1901–1971)
* Edwin Erich Dwinger [de] (1898–1981)
* Richard Euringer (1891–1953)
* Eberhard Wolfgang Möller (1906–1972)
* Hermann Stehr (1864–1940)

### Members of the Reich Chamber of Music

* Peter Raabe (1872–1945)
* Paul Graener (1872–1944), who was also appointed Vice President of the Reich Music Chamber
* Heinz Ihlert [de] (1893–1945)
* Franz Adam (conductor) [de] (1885–1954) from the staff of Adolf Hitler's deputy
* Fritz Kaiser
* Friedrich Krebs (1894–1961), Frankfurt am Main
* Hermann Müller-John [de] (1894–1945), music master of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
* Horst Sander [de] (1904–1945), head of the German Musical Association
* Hermann Stange (music director) [de] (1884–1953)
* Fritz Stein (1879–1961), director of the State University of Music (Berlin)
* Wilhelm Backhaus (1884–1969)
* Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954)
* Clemens Krauss (1893–1954)
* Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
* Heinrich Schlusnus (1888–1952)
* Georg Schumann (1866–1952)

### Members of the Reich Press Chamber

* Max Amann (1891–1957), president, Reichsleiter and director of the Central Party Publishing House
* Otto Dietrich (1897–1952), Vice President, Reich Press Chief of the NSDAP
* Ildephons Richter [de] (born 1892)
* Gunter d'Alquen (1910–1998)
* Hans Schwarz van Berk [de] (1902–1973)
* Alfred Ingemar Berndt (1905–1945)
* Willi Bischoff [de] (born 1886)
* Edgar Brinkmann (publisher) [de] (born 1896)
* Adolf Dresler [de] (1898–1971)
* Walther Heide [de] (1894–1945)
* Hans Hornauer [de] (born 1902)
* Rolf Rienhardt [de] (1903–1975)
* Wilhelm Weiß (1892–1950)
* Josef Berchtold (1897–1962)
* Heinrich Fetkötter [de] (born 1902)
* Richard Jügler [de] (born 1889)

### Members from the Reich Theater Chamber

* Rainer Schlösser (1899–1945)
* Eugen Klöpfer (1886–1950)
* Alfred Frauenfeld (1898–1977)
* Benno von Arent (1898–1956)
* Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963)
* Otto Krauß [de] (1890–1966), Stuttgart
* Lothar Müthel (1896–1964)
* Bernhard zu Solms-Laubach [de] (1900–1938)
* Wilhelm Müller-Scheld [de] (1895–1970), regional office manager
* Oskar Walleck (1890–1976)
* Hellmuth Will [de] (1900–1982)
* Friedrich Bethge (1891–1963)
* Heinz Hilpert (1890–1967)
* Werner Krauss (1884–1959)
* Wilhelm Rode [de] (1887–1959)
* Heinz Tietjen (1881–1967)

### Members of the Reich Broadcasting Chamber

* Horst Dreßler-Andreß [de] (1899–1979)
* Eugen Hadamovsky (1904–1945)
* Herbert Packebusch [de] (1902–1944)
* Kurt von Boeckmann [de] (1885–1950)
* Herbert Dominik [de] (born 1902)
* Heinz Franke
* Julius Christoph Günther
* Hans Kriegler [de] (1905–1978)
* Heinz Lotz (industrialist) [de] (1894–1937)
* Alfred Lau [de] (1898–1971)
* Goetz Otto Stoffregen [de] (1896–1953)
* Abraham Esau (1884–1955)
* Heinrich Glasmeier [de] (born 1892)
* Paul Goerz [de] (1896–1952)
* Hugo Fischer (politician) [de] (1902–1979)

### Members of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts

* Eugen Hönig (1873–1945)
* Adolf Ziegler (1892–1959)
* Walter Hoffmann [de] (life dates unknown, missing since 1945)
* Erich Dammeier [de]
* Willy Kelter [de]
* Otto von Keudell [de] (1887–1972)
* Hans Sauermann [de] (1885–1960)
* Albert Speer (1905–1981)
* Kurt Schmid-Ehmen [de] (1901–1968)
* Ernst Schulte Strathaus [de] (1881–1968)
* Hans Schweitzer (1901–1980)
* Ernst Zörner [de] (1895–1945), mayor of Dresden
* Paul Baumgarten (architect, born 1873) [de] (1873–1946)
* German Bestelmeyer (1874–1942), President of the Munich Academy
* Oswald Bieber (1874–1955)
* Leonhard Gall (1884–1952)
* Richard Klein (1890–1967)

### Members of the Reich Film Chamber

* Oswald Lehnich [de] (1895–1961)
* Hans Weidemann (1904–1975)
* Karl Melzer, Managing Director
* Franz Belitz [de] (born 1881)
* Carl Froelich (1875–1953)
* Siegmund Jung, from the economic staff of Adolf Hitler's deputy
* Willi Krause (writer) [de] (1907–1945)
* Botho Mulert [de] (1883–1963)
* Hans-Jürgen Nierentz [de] (1909–1995)
* Ernst Seeger [de] (1884–1937)
* Fritz Scheuermann (jurist) [de] (* 1887)
* Sepp Allgeier (1895–1968)
* Friedrich Kayßler (1874–1945)
* Ludwig Klitzsch [de] (1881–1954)
* Theodor Loos (1883–1954)

## State Cultural Administrators

* Adolf Schmid [de], Gau Baden
* Hans Kolbe [de], Gau Bavarian Ostmark
* Hermann Brouwers [de], Gau Düsseldorf
* Arnold Fischer [de], Gau Essen
* Fritz Lindenberg [de], Gau Halle-Merseburg
* Erich Schmidt (Nazi) [de] (1900–1981), Gau Hamburg
* Friedrich Schmonsees [de], Gau Hanover-East
* Herbert Huxhagen [de], Gau Hanover-South
* Wilhelm Müller-Scheld [de], Gau Hesse-Nassau
* Wilhelm Michels (Nazi functionary) [de], Gau Koblenz-Trier
* Toni Winkelnkemper [de], Cologne-Aachen district
* A. Lindemann; August Heinrich Scherer [de], Gau Kurmark
* Alfred Mitsching; Fritz Ihlenburg [de], Gau Magdeburg-Anhalt
* Alexander Sondermann [de], Gau Mecklenburg
* Hans Bäselsöder [de], Gau Franconia
* Otto Nippold [de], Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria
* Joachim Paltzo [de], Gau East Prussia
* Rudolf Trampler [de], Gau Rheinpfalz
* Heinrich Salzmann (Nazi politician) [de], Gau Saxony
* Gustav Schierholz [de], Gau Schleswig-Holstein
* Georg Traeg [de], Gau Swabia
* Waldemar Vogt [de], Gau Lower Franconia
* Ernst Schulze, Gau Weser-Ems
* Fritz Schmidt, Gau Westphalia-Nord
* Hermann Brust [de], Gau Westphalia-South
* F. Schmidt, Gau Württemberg