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Hans Frank

1900 - 1946

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Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German Nazi politician, lawyer and convicted war criminal who served as head of the General Government in German-occupied Poland during the Second World War. Frank was an early member of the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). He took part in the failed Beer Hall Putsch, and later became Adolf Hitler's personal legal adviser as well as the lawyer of the NSDAP. In June 1933, he was named as a Reichsleiter (Reich Leader) of the party. In December 1934, Frank joined the Hitler Cabinet as a Reichsminister without portfolio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Frank is the 847th most popular politician (down from 685th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Germany (down from 185th in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Politician.

Hans Frank was a German lawyer who served as Adolf Hitler's personal legal advisor. He was the Governor-General of Nazi-occupied Poland from 1939 to 1945. He was sentenced to death by the Nuremberg Tribunal and hanged in October 1946.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hans Frank ranks 847 out of 19,576. Before him are Fredrik Bajer, Clementine Churchill, Moctezuma II, Herod Agrippa II, Sennacherib, and Roh Moo-hyun. After him are Mohammed Zahir Shah, Augustus III of Poland, Kurt Waldheim, Ahmose I, Epaminondas, and Atia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hans Frank ranks 14. Before him are Hans Adolf Krebs, Luis Buñuel, Wolfgang Pauli, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, and Hans-Georg Gadamer. After him are Gladwyn Jebb, Dennis Gabor, Spencer Tracy, Heinrich Müller, Eyvind Johnson, and Giorgos Seferis. Among people deceased in 1946, Hans Frank ranks 12. Before him are Alfred Rosenberg, Alfred Jodl, Amon Göth, Ion Antonescu, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, and Gerhart Hauptmann. After him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Mikhail Kalinin, Alexander Alekhine, John Logie Baird, Wilhelm Frick, and Julius Streicher.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Frank ranks 216 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Lippershey (1570), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), and Ferdinand I of Romania (1865). After him are Augustus III of Poland (1696), Wim Wenders (1945), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Georg Bednorz (1950), Michel Ney (1769), and Walter Ulbricht (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Hans Frank ranks 64. Before him are Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), and Ferdinand I of Romania (1865). After him are Augustus III of Poland (1696), Walter Ulbricht (1893), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), Karl Liebknecht (1871), and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075).

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