# Wilhelm Stuckart

_German judge and politician (1902-1953)_

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> 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 16 November 1902 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Wiesbaden ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P19))
- **Died:** 15 November 1953 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P570))
- **Place of death:** Hanover ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Germany ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P27))
- **Occupation:** lawyer; judge; politician; jurist; war criminal; writer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P106))
- **Political party:** Nazi Party (since 1 December 1922); All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights; Socialist Reich Party ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P102))
- **Education:** LMU Munich; Goethe University Frankfurt ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P69))
- **Positions held:** Reichsminister des Innern (3 May 1945 – 23 May 1945); mayor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009#P39))

## About

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.

## Questions

**When was Wilhelm Stuckart born?**  
Wilhelm Stuckart was born on 16 November 1902 in Wiesbaden.

**What positions has Wilhelm Stuckart held?**  
Positions held by Wilhelm Stuckart include: Reichsminister des Innern (1945–1945); mayor.

**Where did Wilhelm Stuckart study?**  
Wilhelm Stuckart was educated at LMU Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Wilhelm Stuckart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Stuckart) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q58009](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Wilhelm Stuckart at the Ministries Trial.jpg by US Army Signal Corps (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilhelm_Stuckart_at_the_Ministries_Trial.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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## Cite this page

"Wilhelm Stuckart". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/wilhelm-stuckart. Retrieved 6 November 2026.