Wilhelm Frick
| Wilhelm Frick | |
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Frick at the Nuremberg Trials, 1946
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| Reich Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 30 January 1933 – 20 August 1943 |
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| President |
Paul von Hindenburg (1933–1934) Adolf Hitler (as Führer) (1934–1943) |
| Chancellor | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by | Franz Bracht |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Himmler |
| Protector of Bohemia and Moravia | |
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In office 24 August 1943 – 4 May 1945 |
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| Appointed by | Adolf Hitler |
| Preceded by |
Konstantin von Neurath (titular) Kurt Daluege (de facto) |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 March 1877 Alsenz, Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 16 October 1946 (aged 69) Nuremberg, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Nazi Party (NSDAP) |
| 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 |
| Religion | Protestant |
Wilhelm Frick (12 March 1877 – 16 October 1946) was a prominent German politician of the Nazi Party, who served as Reich Minister of the Interior in the Hitler Cabinet from 1933 to 1943 and as the last governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. After the end of World War II, he was tried and convicted of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and executed by hanging.
Frick was born in the Palatinate municipality of Alsenz, then part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, the last of four children of Protestant teacher Wilhelm Frick sen. (d. 1918) and his wife Henriette (née Schmidt). He attended the gymnasium in Kaiserslautern, passing his Abitur exams in 1896. He went on studying philology at the University of Munich, but soon after turned to study law in Heidelberg and Berlin, taking the Staatsexamen in 1900, followed by his doctorate the next year. Serving as a referendary since 1900, he joined the Bavarian civil service in 1903, working as an attorney at the Munich Police Department. He was appointed a Bezirksamtassessor in Pirmasens in 1907 and became acting district executive in 1914. Rejected as unfit, Frick did not serve in World War I. He was promoted to the official rank of a Regierungsassessor and, at his own request, re-assumed his post at the Munich Police Department by 1917.
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