Adolf Grimme

Adolf Grimme
Newspaper photo of Adolf Grimme
Adolf Grimme
Prussian Minister of Science, Art and Education
In office
1930–1932
ChancellorFranz von Papen
Preceded byCarl Heinrich Becker
Minister of Culture, Lower Saxony
In office
1946–1948

Adolf Berthold Ludwig Grimme (31 December 1889 – 27 August 1963) was a German politician, a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was Cultural Minister during the later years of the Weimar Republic and after World War II, during the early years of the Federal Republic of Germany. During the Third Reich, he was arrested as a member of the German Resistance and sentenced to prison. After the war, he filed a legal complaint against the judge who had condemned him and others. After years of delays, the case was dropped by the prosecutor.