Karl Hermann Frank | |
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Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia | |
In office 20 August 1943 – 8 May 1945 | |
Leader | Adolf Hitler (as Führer) |
Personal details | |
Born | Karlsbad, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | 24 January 1898
Died | 22 May 1946 Pankrác Prison, Prague, Czechoslovakia | (aged 48)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Resting place | Ďáblice Cemetery, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Political party | DNSAP (1919–1923) SdP (1933–1938) NSDAP (1938–1945) |
Spouses |
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Children | 5 |
Known for | Lidice massacre |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Conviction(s) | War crimes |
Criminal penalty | Death by hanging |
Military service | |
Rank | Obergruppenführer |
Commands | Higher SS and Police Leader for Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
Awards | War Merit Cross with Swords, 2nd and 1st Class[1] |
Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a Sudeten German Nazi 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.