Hans Frank

Hans Frank was a German lawyer and Nazi politician who governed occupied Poland as governor-general from 1939 to 1945. Convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at Nuremberg, he was executed in 1946.

General Government: The German-occupied territory established in central Poland in 1939 and governed separately from areas annexed to the Reich. Frank headed this occupation administration as governor-general.
Frank’s Diary: Hans Frank’s extensive record of speeches and meetings as governor-general, used as evidence at Nuremberg. Its entries documented Frank’s knowledge of and involvement in occupation policies.
Adolf Hitler: The dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. Frank was Hitler’s personal lawyer and a longtime political loyalist.
International Military Tribunal: The court established by the Allied powers to try major German war criminals at Nuremberg after World War II. It judged Frank under an international framework created by the victorious Allies.
Nazi occupation of Poland: Germany’s military and civilian rule over Polish territory from its 1939 invasion until the end of World War II. Frank’s governorship formed the civilian regime in much of occupied Poland.
Nuremberg trials: The postwar proceedings that prosecuted leading German officials for crimes committed under Nazi rule. Frank was tried and convicted in the first International Military Tribunal.
Arthur Seyss-Inquart: An Austrian Nazi leader who served as deputy governor-general of occupied Poland before governing the Netherlands under German occupation. He served as Frank’s deputy in the General Government.
Nuremberg Charter: The 1945 agreement defining the International Military Tribunal’s authority, crimes, and procedures. Its categories of crimes shaped the charges and judgment against Frank.
Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland: Confined urban districts where German authorities forcibly segregated Jews during the Holocaust. Frank’s administration imposed and managed ghettoization in the General Government.
Nuremberg Trial transcripts: The official records of testimony, documents, arguments, and judgments from the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. They preserve the evidence and arguments used to establish Frank’s responsibility.

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