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(1902-1953) Early Nazi Party member and lawyer, who was State Secretary of [[Reich Interior Ministry]] and named final Minister | (1902-1953) Early Nazi Party member and lawyer, who was State Secretary of the [[Reich Interior Ministry]] and named final Minister in [[Adolf Hitler]]'s final Political Testament. He was part of policy development and implementation for a wide range of Nazi occupations of other countries. <ref name=NMT>[[Nuremberg Military Tribunals]] indictment for the [[Ministries Case (NMT)]]</ref> | ||
He had been a coauthor of the [[Nuremberg Laws]]. When he attended the [[Wannsee Conference]], he objected to the extermination policy, saying that sterilization was more consistent with those Laws.<ref name=JVL>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Stuckart.html | |||
| title = William Stuckart | |||
| publisher = Jewish Virtual Library}}</ref> | |||
He held the [[Golden Party Badge]], having joined the Party in 1922, and the SS rank of [[Nazi SS and military ranks|Obergruppenfuehrer]]. | |||
==Occupations== | ==Occupations== | ||
He headed the Interior Ministry bureau for the incorporation of [[Anschluss]], the [[Sudetenland]], [[Bohemia and Moravia]], [[Alsace-Lorraine]] and [[ | He headed the Interior Ministry bureau for the incorporation of [[Anschluss]], the [[Sudetenland]], [[Bohemia and Moravia]], [[Alsace-Lorraine]] and [[Luxembourg]], the Southeastern Territories, and [[Norway]]. | ||
==Economics== | ==Economics== | ||
==Postwar== | |||
Released in 1949, he died in a car incident in 1953. While this is usually called an accident, there is speculation it may have been a killing of a perceived war criminal.<ref name=JVL> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 18:47, 3 January 2011
(1902-1953) Early Nazi Party member and lawyer, who was State Secretary of the Reich Interior Ministry and named final Minister in Adolf Hitler's final Political Testament. He was part of policy development and implementation for a wide range of Nazi occupations of other countries. [1]
He had been a coauthor of the Nuremberg Laws. When he attended the Wannsee Conference, he objected to the extermination policy, saying that sterilization was more consistent with those Laws.[2]
He held the Golden Party Badge, having joined the Party in 1922, and the SS rank of Obergruppenfuehrer.
Occupations
He headed the Interior Ministry bureau for the incorporation of Anschluss, the Sudetenland, Bohemia and Moravia, Alsace-Lorraine and Luxembourg, the Southeastern Territories, and Norway.
Economics
Postwar
Released in 1949, he died in a car incident in 1953. While this is usually called an accident, there is speculation it may have been a killing of a perceived war criminal.<ref name=JVL>
References
- ↑ Nuremberg Military Tribunals indictment for the Ministries Case (NMT)
- ↑ William Stuckart, Jewish Virtual Library