Wilhelm Stuckart
Wilhelm Stuckart | |
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Stuckart in Allied custody c. 1947 | |
| Reichsminister of the Interior | |
| In office 3 May 1945 – 23 May 1945 | |
| President | Karl Dönitz |
| Chancellor | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (Leading Minister) |
| Preceded by | Paul Giesler |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| State Secretary Reich Ministry of the Interior | |
| In office 1 April 1938 – 3 May 1945 | |
| Minister | Wilhelm Frick Heinrich Himmler Paul Giesler |
| Preceded by | Unknown |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Reich Minister of Science, Education and Culture | |
| In office 3 May 1945 – 23 May 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Gustav Adolf Scheel |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1902 Wiesbaden, Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 15 November 1953 (aged 50) Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Cause of death | Automobile accident |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Alma mater | University of Munich University of Frankfurt am Main |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Known for | Nuremberg Laws Wannsee Conference participant |
| Awards | Golden Party Badge |
Wilhelm Georg Joseph Stuckart (16 November 1902 – 15 November 1953) was a German Nazi Party lawyer, official, and a State Secretary in the Reich Interior Ministry during the Nazi era. He was a co-author of the Nuremberg Laws and a participant in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the genocidal Final Solution to the Jewish Question was planned. He also served as Reichsminister of the Interior in the short-lived Flensburg government at the end of the Second World War.
After the War he was tried in the Ministries-Trial, but received no additional sentence, due to a lack of evidence. Stuckart then worked as a minor civil servant, until his death in a car accident.