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Wilhelm Frick
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Wilhelm Frick was a German politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Heidelberg University, and the University of Göttingen, where he earned a Doctor of Juridical Science. Frick was a member of the Nazi Party, the German Völkisch Freedom Party, the National Socialist Freedom Movement, and the Thule Society. He held the position of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and worked in Berlin.
Born in Alsenz in 1877, Frick died in Nuremberg in 1946. He was convicted of crimes against humanity and executed by hanging. Frick was a Lutheran who spoke German and had five children.
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Film & TV
Alsenz, Germany
Known for
- Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler — Self (archive footage)2011
- Sunshine — Self - Beside Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)1999
- Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today — Self1948
- Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations — Self - Spectator (uncredited)1938
- Germany Awakens - A Document of the Rebirth of Germany — Self1933
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Alsenz
- Educated at
- University of Göttingen
- Political party
- National Socialist Freedom Movement
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Award
- Blood Order
- Participant in
- Aryanization
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Juridical Science
- Image
- Wilhelm Frick 72-919.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
- Work location
- Berlin
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- Commons category
- Wilhelm Frick
- date of birth
- 1877-03-12
- date of death
- 1946-10-16
- name in native language
- Wilhelm Frick
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- assessment
- intelligence test
- place of burial
- Wenzbach
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilhelm Frick (12 March 1877 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and convicted war criminal. He served as Minister of the Interior in Adolf Hitler's cabinet from 1933 to 1943 and as the last governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
As the head of the Kriminalpolizei (criminal police) in Munich, Frick took part in Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, for which he was convicted of high treason. He managed to avoid imprisonment and soon afterwards became a leading figure of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in the Reichstag. In 1930, Frick became the first Nazi to hold a ministerial-level post at any level in Germany. He served in Thuringia as the state Minister of the Interior.
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