after which time his political career was terminated. Clausen's failure in the elections and his unwillingness to actively assist in forming a Danish branch of the Schutzstaffel alienated his German supporters, and as such SS Obergruppenführer Dr. Werner Best, the Plenipotentiary of the German Reich for Denmark, convinced Clausen to step down as leader of the party and replaced him with a three-man committee shortly after his return to Denmark. After Germany's occupation of Denmark ended in May 1945, Clausen was captured and sent to Frøslev Prison Camp. He was later given a formal trial, but he died of a heart attack in the Vestre Fængsel, a prison in Copenhagen, before it could be completed. Sources Ole Ravn, Fører uden folk : Frits Clausen og Danmarks National Socialistiske Arbejder-Parti, University of Southern Denmark, 2007. . (in Danish). John T. Lauridsen (ed.), "Føreren har ordet!" : Frits Clausen om sig selv og DNSAP, Museum Tusculanum, 2003. . (in Danish). External links 1893 births 1947 deaths People from Aabenraa Municipality German Army personnel of World War I National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark politicians Members of the Folketing Danish anti-communists Danish collaborators with Nazi Germany Danish Nazis Danish people of World War II Danish people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Danish detention Waffen-SS personnel Leaders of political parties in Denmark