August Frank
German SS functionary and convict at the Nuremberg trials (1898-1984) · Germany · On the map · Founders · Died at 85
August Franz Frank was a German SS functionary in the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office, generally known by its German initials WVHA. The WVHA was, among other things, responsible for the administration of the Nazi concentration camps.
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Oswald Pohl speaking at the WVHA trial. August Frank is seated immediately to the right of Pohl in the defendants' box![The SS Ethnic Germans Welfare Office (Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle), in Lodz, Poland, then occupied by Germany. On 26 September 1942 August Frank, an official of the SS concentration camp administration department, directed that all property of the Jews murdered in Operation Reinhard be diverted to this office.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-056310%2C_Litzmannstadt%2C_Volksdeutsche_Mittelstelle.jpg/500px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_137-056310%2C_Litzmannstadt%2C_Volksdeutsche_Mittelstelle.jpg)
The SS Ethnic Germans Welfare Office (Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle), in Lodz, Poland, then occupied by Germany. On 26 September 1942 August Frank, an official of the SS concentration camp administration department, directed that all property of the Jews murdered in Operation Reinhard be diverted to this office.[2]
Jews in the Lodz ghetto in 1940. The yellow star can be clearly seen sewn on their clothing. By order of August Frank, once these people were murdered, their clothing would be salvaged and restributed to "ethnic" Germans Volksdeutsche, but only after care was taken to be sure the yellow star was removed.About this person
After the war, the higher WVHA officials, including Frank, were tried and convicted of crimes against humanity.
