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Karl Hermann Frank

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Nazi Germany politician (1898-1946) · Germany · Politicians · Died at 48

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He ran the Nazi terror machine in occupied Czechoslovakia and signed the orders that wiped two villages off the map. In 1946, Prague hanged him for it.

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Awards

Golden Party Badge1939
Honour Chevron for the Old Guard
Sudetenland Medal
War Merit Cross
Nazi Party Long Service Award
SS-Ehrenring
War Victory Cross
SS-Ehrendegen
Julleuchter of the SS

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Spouse: Karola Frank

About this person

Karl Hermann Frank was born 24 January 1898, a Sudeten German who rose to Obergruppenführer and took command of the Nazi police apparatus - Gestapo, SD, and Kripo - in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia before and during World War II. His authority extended over the entire security structure of the occupation. He organized the massacres at Lidice and Ležáky, Czech villages destroyed in reprisal. After the war ended, he was tried and convicted for those acts. He was executed by hanging on 22 May 1946.

Country
Germany
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1946 · aged 48

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