Wilhelm Frick

Wilhelm Frick
Frick at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946
Reichsminister of the Interior
In office 30 January 1933 – 20 August 1943
President	Paul von Hindenburg (1933–1934) Adolf Hitler (1934–1943; as Führer)
Chancellor	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Franz Bracht
Succeeded by	Heinrich Himmler
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
In office 24 August 1943 – 8 May 1945
Appointed by	Adolf Hitler
Preceded by	Konstantin von Neurath (de jure) Kurt Daluege (de facto)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1877-03-12)12 March 1877 Alsenz, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	16 October 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 69) Nuremberg, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	Nazi Party
Spouse(s)	Elisabetha Emilie Nagel ​ ​ (m. 1910; div. 1934)​ Margarete Schultze-Naumburg ​ ​ (m. 1934)​
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Munich University of Göttingen University of Berlin University of Heidelberg
Occupation	Attorney

Wilhelm Frick (12 March 1877 in Alsenz - 16 October 1946 in Nuremberg) was a well-known Nazi official. Between 1933 and 1943, he was a minister of the Third Reich.

After Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated in 1942, Frick took Heydrich's place in the Gestapo.

After the end of World War II, Frick was found guilty of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials. He was executed in 1946 at Nuremberg.

Wilhelm Frick Media

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  Frick (3rd from left) among the defendants in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch trial, 1924. Adolf Hitler is 4th from the right.

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  Press session after the first meeting of Hitler's cabinet on 30 January 1933: Frick standing 4th from left

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  Frick (2nd from left) with Konrad Henlein on visit in Sudetenland, 1938

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  Frick in his cell, November 1945

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• The Nazi Party
• World War II
• The Holocaust
• War crimes
• Nuremberg Trials

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