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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.
Jun 13, 2024 · Hans Frank 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).
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.
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...
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 fought in World War I, studied economics and jurisprudence, and in 1921 joined the German Workers' Party (which became the Nazi Party). He eventually became the party's chief legal counsel and Hitler's personal lawyer.
Frank introduced the deportation of slave labourers to Germany in the very early stages of his administration. On 25th January, 1940, he indicated his intention of deporting one million labourers to Germany, suggesting on 10th May, 1940, the use of police raids to meet this quota.
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.
Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German lawyer. He worked for the Nazi party during the 1920s and 1930s. Later he became a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany. He was prosecuted during the Nuremberg trials for his role in the Holocaust.
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary My Nazi Legacy, Niklas Frank, whose father was convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg and executed in 1945, talks about why he still carries...
