Wilhelm Frick (1877-1946) was a German politician and high-ranking member of the Nazi Party, which he had joined in 1923. Between 1933 and 1943 Frick was Minister of the Interior, where he played a leading role in implementing racist laws such as the 1935 Nuremberg Laws. Frick was arrested by the Allies in 1945, convicted of war crimes, and executed in 1946.