Editing Bernhard Rust (section)

{{Short description|Minister of Science, Education and National Culture of Nazi Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = 
| name                = Bernhard Rust
| image               = Bundesarchiv Bild 119-1998, Bernhard Rust.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Rust {{circa}}1934
| office              = [[Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Culture|Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture]]
| term_start          = 1 May 1934
| term_end            = 30 April 1945
| leader              = [[Adolf Hitler]]
| deputy              = 
| lieutenant          = 
| predecessor         = ''Office established''
| successor           = [[Gustav Adolf Scheel]]
| office2             = Prussian Minister for Science, Culture and Public Education
| term_start2         = 2 February 1933
| term_end2           = 1 May 1934
| leader2             = [[Adolf Hitler]]
| predecessor2        = {{ill|Wilhelm Kähler|de|Wilhelm Kähler (Politiker)}}
| successor2          = ''Office abolished''
| office3             = Gauleiter of South Hanover-Brunswick
| term_start3         = 1 October 1928
| term_end3           = November 1940
| leader3             = [[Adolf Hitler]]
| predecessor3        = ''Office established''
| successor3          = [[Hartmann Lauterbacher]]
| office4             = Gauleiter of North Hanover
| term_start4         = 22 March 1925
| term_end4           = 30 September 1928
| leader4             = [[Adolf Hitler]]
| predecessor4        = ''Office established''
| successor4          = ''Office abolished''
| title5              = Additional positions
| suboffice5          = Member of the [[Prussian State Council]]
| subterm5            = 1933—1945
| suboffice6          = Member of the [[Reichstag (Nazi Germany)]]
| subterm6            = 1933—1945
| suboffice7          = ''[[Inspekteur (NSDAP)|Landesinspekteur]]'' for [[Lower Saxony]]
| subterm7            = 1932
| suboffice8          = Member of the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)]]
| subterm8            = 1930—1933
| pronunciation       = 
| birth_name          = Karl Josef Bernhard Rust
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=y|1883|9|30}}
| birth_place         = [[Hanover]], [[Province of Hanover]], [[German Empire]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|df=y|1945|5|8|1883|9|30}}
| death_place         = [[Nübel]], [[Allied-occupied Germany]]
| death_cause         = Suicide
| resting_place       = [[Neuberend]]
| resting_place_coordinates = 
| party               = [[NSDAP]]
| otherparty          = [[German Völkisch Freedom Party]]
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Martha Haake|1910|1919|end=d.}}
* {{marriage|Anna-Sofie Dietlein|1920}}<ref name="Kurzbiographie">{{cite web |last1=Janthor |first1=Guido |title=Kurzbiographie über den ehem. Gauleiter Bernhard Rust |url=https://www.luftschutzbunker-hannover.de/home/ftp-server/rust_02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216074413/https://www.luftschutzbunker-hannover.de/home/ftp-server/rust_02.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018 |location=Hannover |language=de |date=27 September 2004 }}</ref>
}}
| relations           = 
| children            = 4
| parents             = Johann Franz Rust (father)<br/>Josefa Deppe (mother)<ref name="Kurzbiographie"/>
| education           = 
| alma_mater          = 
| occupation          = Teacher
| profession          = 
| known_for           = 
| cabinet             = [[Hitler Cabinet]]
| awards              = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set -->
| signature           = 
| signature_alt       = 
| website             = <!--Military service-->
| nickname            = 
| allegiance          = {{flag|German Empire}}
| branch              = Army
| serviceyears        = 1914–1918
| rank                = ''[[Oberleutnant]]''
| unit                = Infantry Regiment 368<br/>Infantry Regiment 232
| commands            = 
| battles             = [[World War I]]
| mawards             = [[Iron Cross]], 1st and 2nd class
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Bernhard Rust''' (30 September 1883 – 8 May 1945) was Minister of Science, Education and National Culture (''[[Reichserziehungsministerium|Reichserziehungsminister]]'') in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name="conscience134">[[Claudia Koonz]], ''The Nazi Conscience'', p 134 {{ISBN|0-674-01172-4}}</ref> 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 Nazi ideology.  He also served as the party ''[[Gauleiter]]'' in Hanover and Brunswick from 1925 to 1940.