Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician (died 1945)

Bernhard Rust

Minister of Science, Education and National Culture of Nazi Germany (1883–1945)

Bernhard Rust was Minister of Science, Education and National Culture (Reichserziehungsminister) in Nazi Germany. A combination of school administrator and zealous Nazi, he issued decrees, often bizarre, at every level of the German educational system to immerse German youth in…