Wilhelm Frick was a German legislative leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party in the 1920s and 1930s. A close ally of Nazi leader Adolph Hitler, Frick went on to become the minister of the interior after Hitler took power in 1933. In that position, Frick drafted laws that severely restricted the civil rights of German Jews. Frick's actions led to his indictment and conviction by the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg after World War II.

Frick was born on March 12, 1877, in Alsenz, Germany. After World War I, he became attracted to the ideas espoused by the Nazi Party. Employed as an official in the Munich police department, Frick participated in Hitler's 1923 failed attempt to take power by force in what came to be called the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler's attempted revolution ended with his arrest, along with Frick and other party faithful. Hitler was convicted for his...