Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Culture

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Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Culture
Reichsministerium für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung
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Agency overview
Formed 1 May 1934 (1934-05-01)
Dissolved 8 May 1945 (1945-05-08)
Jurisdiction Government of Nazi Germany
Minister responsible

The Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Culture (German: <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>Reichsministerium für Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung, also unofficially known as the "Reich Education Ministry" (German: <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>Reichserziehungsministerium), or "REM") existed from 1934 until 1945 under the leadership of Bernhard Rust and was responsible for unifying the education system of Nazi Germany and aligning it with the goals of Nazi leadership.

Background

The REM was the successor to the former Preußisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung (Prussian Ministry of Science, Art and Culture), creating for the first time in Germany a centralized and hierarchical institution in control of the Reich's education sector. In 1934, the REM took over from the Reichsinnenministerium (Reich Interior Ministry) the supervision of colleges and universities in Germany, as well as research institutions such as the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (abbreviated PTR; translation: Reich Physical and Technical Institute.); today, the PTR is known as the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt.[1]

Administrators

№ Minister of Culture Took office Left office Time in office Party Cabinet Ref
1
Bernhard Rust
 Rust, BernhardBernhard Rust
(1883–1945)		 1 May 1934 30 April 1945 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. NSDAP Hitler [1]
2 Scheel, GustavGustav Adolf Scheel
(1907–1979)		 30 April 1945 2 May 1945 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. NSDAP Goebbels –

Heads of the REM Amt für Wissenschaft (Science Office)

Portrait Name Took office Left office
80px Theodor Vahlen 1934 1937
–
 Otto Wacker (de) 1937 1939
80px Rudolf Mentzel May 1939 1945

Bibliography

  • Hentschel, Klaus, editor and Ann M. Hentschel, editorial assistant and Translator Physics and National Socialism: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Birkhäuser, 1996)

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hentschel, 1996, Appendix B
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