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| |  | | Wilhelm Frick | | | context : | Nazi Germany  | | judgement place : | IMT - Nurenberg | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Sentenced to death : Frick was executed by hanging on 16 October 1946 | | position : | Interior Minister until 1943, then Reich Protector for Bohemia-Moravia |
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| | | | Frick was captured in May 1945.
Charged with counts 1 (concerted plan or conspiracy), 2 (crimes against peace), 3 (war crimes) and 4 (crimes against humanity), he pleaded not guilty.
Frick was acquitted on count 1.On the other hand, it was proven that the re-introduction of military service instituted by Frick was in complete violation of the Treaty of Versailles and was aimed therefore at committing a crime against peace. Similarly, it was proven that Frick, as Interior Minister, had influence over all of the institutions which came under his jurisdiction, as, for example, the concentration camps. The prosecution also was able to prove that the atrocities committed in Bohemia-Moravia had for the most part been ordered or approved by Frick.
As a result, the Military Tribunal found Frick guilty on counts 2, 3 and 4.
On 1st October 1946, the Military Tribunal sentenced Wilhelm Frick to death.
His appeal to the Control Council was rejected on 10 October 1946.
Wilhelm Frick was executed by hanging on 16 October 1946. | |    | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Germany | | | date of birth : | | | 12.03.1877 | | | judgement period : | | | 20.11.1945 - 10.10.1946 | | | charges : | | | Aggression
Crimes against humanity
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 02.05.2007 |
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