Ministry of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs (Prussia)

The term "Ministry of Culture" was not used in official addresses but existed under various names and responsibilities until 1945.

[1] In 1839, Prussia became the first continental European country to enact laws against child labor.

At the time of the Kulturkampf, the Ministry of Culture played a central role in the disputes with the Catholic Church.

[4] In the mid-1920s, the ministry included the new medium of radio as part of science, art and popular education; In order to explore the (then not yet so-called) multimedia possibilities, the ministry founded the Broadcasting Experimental Center (German: Rundfunkversuchsstelle) in 1928, which the National Socialists closed shortly after they came to power because of its experimental nature.

[5] After the end of World War II, and the founding of the German Democratic Republic, the building on Wilhelmstrasse was rebuilt and used by the Ministry of National Education until the fall of 1989.

Extension building of the former Prussian Ministry of Culture in Berlin 's Wilhelmstrasse , from 1934 the seat of the Reich Ministry of Education, from 1949 of the GDR Ministry of National Education, 1952