Wilhelm Frick
1946, Front side - Note card with Wilhelm Frick signature from the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany.
Tan note card with cursive signature and printed handwriting in German using black ink.
Name/Title
Wilhelm FrickEntry/Object ID
2026.7.3Scope and Content
1946, note card with Wilhelm Frick signature from the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany.Context
An early member of the NSDAP, Frick served as the Minister of the Interior to Adolf Hitler beginning in 1933. A decade later, Frick served as governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia until 1945. Additionally, he was the head of the Kriminalpolizei or Criminal Police division in Munich. The further establishment of the Nazi party and the expansion of the Schutzstaffel (SS) slowly disregarded Frick’s efforts. Ultimately, he was replaced as Minister of the Interior by Heinrich Himmler in 1943, yet Frick remained in the cabinet until Hitler’s death in 1945. Frick was thoroughly antisemitic. He established the Nuremberg Laws in September 1935 and implemented laws which led to fruition of the T4 euthanasia programs. Arrested and tried at Nuremberg, Frick was sentenced to execution and died by hanging on October 1, 1946. At the age of 69, it is recorded that he was the least steady of any Nazis to be executed thus far and that he seemed to stumble about, yet still managed to state, “Long live eternal Germany.”Collection
Nazi Party SignaturesCategory
Note
Philatelic Material