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Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician, war criminal and lawyer who served as head of the General Government in German-occupied Poland during the Second World War . Frank was an early member of the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
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May 3, 2024 · Hans Frank (born May 3, 1900, Karlsruhe, Ger.—died Oct. 16, 1946, Nürnberg) was a German politician and lawyer who served as governor-general of Poland during World War II. Frank fought in World War I, studied economics and jurisprudence, and in 1921 joined the German Workers’ Party (which became the Nazi Party ).
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Hans Frank (1900–1946) was an early supporter of the Nazi Party. He studied law and eventually became personal legal advisor to Adolf Hitler. After the outbreak of World War II, Frank was appointed Governor General of occupied Poland.
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Nov 20, 2020 · Known as the “Butcher of Poland”, Hans Frank was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials for his role in the deaths of millions of Jews and Poles, and executed....
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Frank remained as governor-general until the war's end, although Hitler stripped him of his other posts in 1942.
Hans Frank was born in Karlsruhe on 23 May 1900, the son of a barrister who had been struck off for corruption. After a brief spell in the Freikorps, Hans Frank joined the Deutsche Arbeits Partie (NSDAP) and then in September 1923 became a storm trooper.
Hans Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 Oct. 1946) was governor of occupied Poland (called General Government) during the war. Four of the so-called extermination camps – Belzec, Majdanek, Sobibór and Treblinka – were on the territory he governed. (The territories where Auschwitz and Chełmno were located had been annexed by the Third Reich).
