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Karl Hermann Frank
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Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Nazi Germany politician (1898-1946)
Key facts
- Leader
- Adolf Hitler (as Führer )
- Born
- ( 1898-01-24 ) 24 January 1898, Karlsbad , Kingdom of Bohemia , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 22 May 1946 (1946-05-22) (aged 48), Pankrác Prison , Prague , Czechoslovakia
- Cause of death
- Execution by hanging
- Resting place
- Ďáblice Cemetery , Prague , Czechoslovakia
- Party
- DNSAP (1919–1923), SdP (1933–1938), NSDAP (1938–1945)
- Spouses
- Anna Müller ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1940 ) Karola Blasche ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1940 )
- Known for
- Lidice massacre
- Criminal status
- Deceased
- Conviction s
- War crimes
- Criminal penalty
- Death by hanging
- Rank
- SS- Obergruppenführer
- Commands
- Higher SS and Police Leader for Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Awards
- War Merit Cross with Swords, 2nd and 1st Class
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hermann
- Family name
- Frank
- Named after
- Karl Hermann Wolf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of birth
- Karlovy Vary
- Place of death
- Nusle
- Occupation
- preceptor
- Position held
- Reichskommissar
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- International Military Tribunal
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Schutzstaffel
- Image
- Karl Hermann Frank portrait.jpg
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- Commons category
- Karl Hermann Frank
- date of birth
- 1898-01-24
- date of death
- 1946-05-22
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- place of burial
- Ďáblice cemetery
- ethnic group
- Sudeten Germans
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- name in native language
- Karl Hermann Frank
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- significant person
- Konstantin von Neurath
- place of detention
- Pankrác Prison
- member of
- German Red Cross
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Encyclopedic overview
Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a Sudeten German official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II. Attaining the rank of Obergruppenführer, he was in command of the Nazi police apparatus in the protectorate, including the Gestapo, the SD, and the Kripo. After the war, he was tried, convicted and executed by hanging for his role in organizing the massacres of the people of the Czech villages of Lidice and Ležáky.
Early life
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