Provisional All-German Government

The Provisional All-German Government (PA-GG) was a government centred in Berlin during the German Revolution of 1935-1943. It formed from the Reichstag (mainly Center Party (SR) and Bavarian People's Party (Bavpeo) members based in Hamburg) and from the Provisional Prussian Government, which consisted mainly of regional politicians and rightist officers and was based at Berlin. The two régimes had previously failed to work effectively together, with rivalry leading to a customs war and to numerous border disputes.
A State Conference took place at Nuremburg between 8 and 23 September 1941, which resulted in the establishment of this last attempt at a unified anti-Bolshevik government - one that is successful. It encompassed 170 delegates, including some from other regions. A compromise resulted: the Komuch gained recognition for the SR-dominated All-German Constituent Assembly (elected in November 1936) as the eventual basis of power, but they also lost their claim to be the legal All-Russian government. In its place a five-man Directory was set up as the embodiment of the new government:
*Joseph von Hindenburg (Center Party)
*Alfred von Hindenburg (Center Party)
*Hans von Runstedt, a regional politician (Center Party) and head of the Berlin Provisional Prussian Government
*General Karl von Schraunberg
*the left Kadet Konrad von Rommel
A Council of Ministers carried out the day-to-day administration of the government. A majority of the Council of Ministers (10 out of 14) had served formerly as members of the Provisional Prussian Government.
Adolf von Doenitz, founder of the Centre Party (SR), criticised the PA-GG vehemently. He denounced the Nuremburg settlement as unsatisfactory and saw "counter-revolutionary" elements involved in the new government. He advocated that the Centre Party should rally the population behind the Constituent Assembly and organise the People's Army as an independent force. This antagonised the right, who identified the PA-GG with the Provisional Government of Heinrich von Tirpitz.
This political crisis was resolved by the overthrow of the Provisional All-German Government on 17 November 1941. A Prussian detachment arrested Joseph and Alfred von Hindenburg. Next morning Runstedt called for a PA-GG Council of Ministers. The Directory was dissolved and the Imperial Guard's youngest Oberst-Gruppenfuhrer, 20-year-old Borealis Norsoutha (who also promoted himself to full Admiral), became Supreme Ruler.