 Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz was appointed as the new "Reichspräsident" (President of Germany) and Goebbels became head of government and Chancellor of Germany.Goebbels and his wife Magda committed suicide later that day.On 2 May, the Battle in Berlin ended when General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling, the commander of the Berlin Defence Area, unconditionally surrendered the city to General Vasily Chuikov, the commander of the Soviet 8th Guards Army.