Walter Frank, also known by the pseudonym Werner Fiedler (12 February 1905 in Fürth – 9 May 1945 in Gross Brunsrode near Braunschweig) was a National Socialist historian, notable for his leading role in research of the Jewish question.
In his youth, he attended Julius Streicher rallies; his politics were heavily influenced by the Bavarian Soviet Republic and the Beer Hall Putsch.
[2] He was increasingly active in the Nazi movement, and published many anti-semitic works.
The institute's goal was to create a new, proper, Nazi-based historiography and study the "Jewish question"; this area had its own sub-institute from 1936.
Frank committed suicide at Brunsrode near Braunschweig in 1945, believing the world to be senseless after the death of Hitler.