Hanns Johst | |
|---|---|
 Johst in 1933 | |
| Vorsitzender der Akademie für Deutsche Dichtung | |
| In office 9 June 1933 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Präsident der Reichsschriftumskammer | |
| In office 2 October 1935 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Hans-Friedrich Blunck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 July 1890 Seerhausen, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
| Died | 23 November 1978 (aged 88) Ruhpolding, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Hanns Johst (8 July 1890 – 23 November 1978) was a German poet and playwright, directly aligned with Nazi philosophy, as a member of the officially approved writers’ organisations in the Third Reich. The statement “When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun”, variously misattributed to Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring, was in fact a corrupted version of a line in his play Schlageter.