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Statement on Frank's positions in the party, the government, and Nazi lawyers' organizations and periodicals

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Hans Frank (Chief of Legal Office, NSDAP; Governor General of Poland)

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Hans Frank

German lawyer, Nazi politician, General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland and convicted war criminal (1900-1946)

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  • Born: 1900-05-23 (Karlsruhe)
  • Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg Nuremberg Court Prison) (reason for deprecated rank: item/value with less precision and/or accuracy; reason for preferred rank: most precise value)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: lawyer; politician
  • Member of political party: German Workers' Party (since: 1919-01-01); Nazi Party
  • Member of: Sturmabteilung; Thule Society
  • Participant in: Beer Hall Putsch
  • Significant person: John C. Woods (role: executioner)

Date: 15 November 1945

Literal Title: Certificate

Defendant: Hans Frank

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: PS-2979

Citations: IMT (page 253), IMT (page 5174)

HLSL Item No.: 450463

Notes:The statement was also signed by Frank's attorney, Dr. Seidl.

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PS-2979: Signed certificate of Frank re positions held in Germany

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PS-2979: List of posts held by Frank till 1945, signed by him and his counsel 15 November 1945

Date 15 November 1945 Nürnberg, Germany
CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify and agree that the following positions in the Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei and German government were held by Hans Michael Frank at, or within the times stated for each position, or, if no time is stated, at some point between 1927 and 1945:
1. Member of Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei—1928-1945. ^
2. Member of the Reichstag ¡Mitglied des Reichstag]—1930-1945.
3. Reich Minister without portfolio—1934-1945.
4. Reich Commissar for the coordination of justice in the States and for reformation of the law [Reichskommissar fuer die Gleichschaltung der Justiz in der Landern und fuer Erneuerung der Rechtsordnung], April 1933-December 1934, in the Ministry of Justice.
5. President, International Chamber of Law (1941-42).
6. President, Academy of German Law [Praesident der Akademie fuer Deutsches Recht] 1933-1942.
7. Governor-General of the Occupied Polish Territories [General gouverneur fuer die besetzten polnischen Gebiete] October
1939 to 1945. ,
8. Bavarian State Minister of Justice—March 1933 to December 1934.
9. Reichsleiter of Nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Arbeiterpartei—1933-1942.
10. Leader of National Socialist Lawyers Bund [Nationalsozialistischen deutscher Juristen] from 1933 to 1942.
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2979-PS
11. Editor or author of following between 1930 and 1942.
2.
("Deutdches Recht"
(Magazine of Bund of National Socialist Jurists. Magazine of Academy of German Law.
3. National Socialist
/&/ Dr. Seidl
Handbook for Law and Legislation.
/s/ Dr. Frank

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