Wilhelm “Willi” Frick (March 12, 1877, in Alsenz – October 16, 1946, in Nuremberg) was a German jurist, a National Socialist politician, a member of the Reichstag, leader of the Reichstag parliamentary group (from October 10, 1933), and a *Reichsleiter*. Among other positions, he served as Reich Minister of the Interior from 1933 to 1943, and subsequently as Reich Protector for Bohemia and Moravia.

Closing statement by the defendant before the Nuremberg Tribunal:

“I have a clear conscience regarding the charges brought against me. My entire life was dedicated to the service of my people and my fatherland. I devoted my best efforts to them, fulfilling my duties with the utmost loyalty. I am convinced that no patriotic American—or citizen of any other nation—placed in the same situation regarding their own country, would have acted any differently than I did. To have acted otherwise would have constituted a breach of my oath of allegiance, as well as high treason and treason against the state. I believe that I deserve no more punishment for fulfilling my legal and moral obligations than do the tens of thousands of dutiful German civil servants and public employees who, even now—as has been the case for a long time—remain held in camps solely because they performed their duties. As the former minister responsible for the Reich’s civil service for many years, it is a special duty of honor for me to remember them here with loyalty.”

His final words were:

“Long live the eternal Germany.”