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Wilhelm Frick (Perpetrator)

Wilhelm Frick was born on March 12, 1877 in Germany and died October 16, 1946. He was white and German. He became a police officer in Munich and joined the National Socialist German Workers Party and was involved in the Beer Hall Putsch. Then in 1924 he was elected to the Reichstag which was the German government. It was because of this party that Wilhelm Frick met Hitler, and got to know him. After the election to Reichstag, Wilhelm Frick was the first member of the Nazi party, and was appointed the Minister of Interior. Once Hitler became Chancellor, Wilhelm Frick was in charge of the Enabling Act that allowed the Government unlimited power to pass whatever legislation (laws) they wanted for a limited time. He also helped draft the Nuremberg Laws which were laws that prevented Jews from having citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with German blood. Jews were also not allowed to wear national color or have German flags. These laws started the beginning of the persacution of Jews. After WWII and the Holocaust was over, a trial was held for Wilhelm Frick and he was accused of crimes against humanity. He was then hung. I think Wilhelm Frick is a perpetrator. I think this because he justified these laws and these laws soon evolved into what would soon be the discrimination of Jews. This person played a big role in contributing to the Holocaust. The Nuremberg laws helped build up and evolve the hatred and annihilation of Jews.

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