Hans Frank

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Hans Frank was a high-ranking Nazi official and lawyer who served as the Governor-General of occupied Poland during World War II and was later executed for war crimes after the Nuremberg Trials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi official
human
lawyer
war criminal
causeOfDeath execution
convictedBy International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
convictedOf crimes against humanity
war crimes
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1900-05-23
dateOfDeath 1946-10-16
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED
University of Kiel NERFINISHED
employer Nazi Germany
endTime 1945-01-18
ethnicGroup German
familyName Frank
givenName Hans
ideology Nazism
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging
memberOf National Socialist German Workers' Party
Nazi Party
Sturmabteilung
militaryRank SA-Obergruppenführer
notableRelative Niklas Frank
notableWork administration of the General Government in occupied Poland
numberOfChildren 5
occupation jurist
lawyer
politician
participantIn Holocaust in Poland
Nazi occupation of Poland
World War II
placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Baden
Karlsruhe
placeOfDeath American-occupied Germany
Nuremberg
positionHeld Bavarian Minister of Justice
Governor-General of the General Government
Hitler's personal legal adviser
President of the Academy for German Law
Reich Minister without portfolio
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Wawel Castle, Kraków
responsibleFor exploitation of occupied Poland
persecution and murder of Polish Jews
sexOrGender male
spouse Brigitte Herbst
startTime 1939-10-26
subjectOf Nuremberg trials


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