In the same year, the Third Reich’s minister of the interior, Wilhelm Frick, established an Expert Advisory Council for Population and Racial Policy comprising Ploetz, Lenz, Rüdin, and Hans Günther. This council provided advice on all legislation related to racial and eugenic issues and on enforcement and justification of national policies (Weiss 2010). In 1936, Ploetz was nominated, unsuccessfully, for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on racial hygiene (Cornwell 2003).
