Hans Frank

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. He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and executed on 16 October 1946. Before his execution, Frank repented and returned to the Catholic Church.

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Defendants at the IMT Nuremberg Trials
Bormann · Dönitz · Frank · Frick · Fritzsche · Funk · Göring · Hess · Jodl · Kaltenbrunner · Keitel · v.Neurath · v.Papen · Raeder · v.Ribbentrop · Rosenberg · Sauckel · Schacht · v.Schirach · Seyß-Inquart · Speer · Streicher Key: Sentenced to death · Imprisoned · Acquitted

The Hitler Cabinet (30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945)
Adolf Hitler (Chancellor and Führer)
Franz von Papen (ind) • Konstantin von Neurath • Joachim von Ribbentrop • Wilhelm Frick • Heinrich Himmler • Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (ind) • Alfred Hugenberg (DNVP) • Kurt Schmitt • Hjalmar Schacht (ind) • Hermann Göring • Walther Funk • Franz Seldte • Franz Gürtner (DNVP) • Franz Schlegelberger • Otto Georg Thierack • Werner von Blomberg (ind) • Wilhelm Keitel (ind) • Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (ind) • Julius Dorpmüller • Wilhelm Ohnesorge • Richard Walther Darré • Herbert Backe • Joseph Goebbels • Bernhard Rust • Fritz Todt • Albert Speer • Alfred Rosenberg • Hanns Kerrl • Hermann Muhs • Otto Meißner (ind) • Arthur Seyß-Inquart • Hans Frank • Hans Lammers • Martin Bormann • Karl Hermann Frank • Rudolf Hess • Ernst Röhm
All ministers were NSDAP members except where indicated ("ind" = nominally independent). Most of them later became NSDAP members, except Von Papen, Hugenberg and Von Eltz-Rübenach.

Hans Frank


Governor-General of Occupied Poland
In office 26 October 1939 – January 1945
Preceded by	Ignacy Mościcki (President of Poland)
Succeeded by	Provisional government

Personal details
Born	(1900-05-23)May 23, 1900 Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
Died	October 16, 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 46) Nuremberg, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Spouse(s)	Brigitte Herbst (married 1925)

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