- Remained governor-general until the end of the war, although Hitler having stripped him of his other posts in 1942.
- German politician and lawyer who served as governor-general of Poland during World War II.
- After the 1939 invasion of Poland, Frank was appointed governor-general, thus becoming the supreme chief of occupied Poland's civil administration.
- Captured by U.S. Army troops on the 4th of May, 1945, and indicted for trial before the International Military Tribunal at Nürnberg.
- Ordered the execution of upon thousands of Poles, the confiscation of Polish property, the enslavement of thousands of Polish workers' who were shipped to Germany, and the herding of most of Poland's Jews into ghettos as a prelude to their extermination.
- Found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and on the 01st of October 1946 and sentenced to execution by hanging.
- 1921, joined the German Workers' Party [Nazi Party]. Eventually becoming the party's chief legal counsel and Adolf Hitler's personal lawyer.
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