Hans Frank
| Hans Frank | |
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| Governor-General of the General Government | |
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In office 26 October 1939 – January 1945 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Hans Michael Frank 23 May 1900 Karlsruhe, Baden, German Empire |
| Died | 16 October 1946 (aged 46) Nuremberg, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | German Workers' Party (DAP) |
| Other political affiliations |
National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
| Spouse(s) | Brigitte Herbst (1925–1946; his death) |
| Children | 5 |
| Religion | Old Catholic (1900–1945) Roman Catholic (1945–1946) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire
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| Service/branch | Imperial German Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German lawyer who worked for the Nazi Party during the 1920s and 1930s, and later became Adolf Hitler's personal lawyer. After the invasion of Poland, Frank became Nazi Germany's chief jurist in the occupied Poland "General Government" territory. During his tenure throughout World War II (1939–45), he instituted a reign of terror against the civilian population and became directly involved in the mass murder of Jews. At the Nuremberg trials, he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and was executed.
Frank, the middle child of three, was born in Karlsruhe to Karl Frank, a lawyer, and his wife, Magdalena (née Buchmaier), a daughter of a prosperous baker. He graduated from high school at the renowned Maximilians gymnasium in Munich, and right after, at seventeen, joined the German army fighting in World War I, barely reaching front line combat.
After the war, in 1919 and 1920, he was a member of the Thule völkisch society. He served also in the Freikorps under Franz Ritter von Epp's command, taking part in the crackdown of the Münchner Räterepublik. In 1919, as did other members of the Thule society, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP) at its very beginning.
Although the DAP evolved quite soon into NSDAP (the Nazi party), Frank joined the Nazi movement only in September 1923, when he became a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), and in October by signing up for the Nazi party itself. In November of the same year, Frank took part in the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup attempt intended to parallel Mussolini's March on Rome. In the aftermath of the attempted putsch, Frank fled to Austria returning in Munich only in 1924, after the pending legal proceedings were stayed.
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