biography
pronunciation:
[grimuh]
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| lived:
| (1889–1963)
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| biography:
| Prussian politician, born in Goslar, C Germany. He became Prussian minister of culture (1930–2), leader of a religious socialist movement, and was imprisoned (1942–5). In 1948–56 he served as minister of culture of Lower Saxony and as director-general of NWDR (Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk). The German Volkshochschul-Verband named the Adolf-Grimme prize for distinguished television productions after him. |
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