Nuremberg Trial Judgements: Hans Frank

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Contents</a>|<a href="/nuremberg-trial-judgements-hermann-goering" class="hvr-shadow-radial">Hermann Goering</a>|<a href="/nuremberg-trial-judgements-julius-streicher" class="hvr-shadow-radial">Julius Streicher</a></div> <article> <p align="justify"><a href="/hans-frank">Frank</a> is indicted under Counts <a href="/nuremberg-tiral-proceedings-indictment-count-one">One</a>, <a href="/nuremberg-trial-proceedings-indictment-count-three">Three</a> and <a href="/nuremberg-trial-proceedings-indictment-count-four">Four</a>. Frank joined the <a href="/the-nazi-party">Nazi Party</a> in 1927. He became a member of the Reichstag in 1930, the Bavarian State Minister of Justice in March, <a href="/holocaust-chronology-of-1933">1933</a>, and when this position was incorporated into the Reich Government in <a href="/holocaust-chronology-of-1934">1934</a>, Reich Minister without Portfolio. He was made a Reichsleiter of the Nazi Party in charge of Legal Affairs in 1933, and in the same year President of the Academy of German Law. Frank was also given the honorary rank of Obergruppenfuehrer in the SA. In <a href="/holocaust-chronology-of-1942">1942</a> Frank became involved in a temporary dispute with <a href="/heinrich-himmler-table-of-contents">Himmler</a> as to the type of legal system which should be in effect in Germany. During the same year he was dismissed as Reichsleiter of the Nazi Party and as President of the Academy of German Law. </p> <h3 align="left"><b><font color="maroon">Crimes against Peace</font></b></h3> <blockquote> <p align="justify"> The evidence has not satisfied the Tribunal that Frank was sufficiently connected with the common plan to wage aggressive war to allow the Tribunal to convict him on count one. </p> </blockquote> <h3 align="left"><b><font color="maroon">War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity</font></b></h3> <blockquote> <p align="justify"> Frank was appointed Chief Civil Administration Officer for <a href="/jews-in-nazi-occupied-poland">occupied Polish territory</a> and, on 12th October, <a href="/holocaust-chronology-of-1939">1939</a>, was made Governor General of the occupied Polish territory. On 3rd October, 1939, he described the policy which he intended to put into effect by stating: " Poland shall be treated like a colony, the Poles will become the slaves of the Greater German World Empire." The evidence establishes that this occupation policy was based on the complete destruction of <a href="/the-virtual-jewish-history-tour-poland">Poland</a> as a national entity, and a ruthless exploitation of its human and economic resources for the German war effort. All opposition was crushed with the utmost harshness. A reign of terror was instituted, backed by summary police courts which ordered such actions as the public shootings of groups of twenty to two hundred Poles, and the widespread shootings of hostages. The concentration camp system was introduced in the General Government by the establishment of the notorious <a href="/treblinka-extermination-camp">Treblinka</a> and <a href="/majdanek-concentration-camp">Maydanek</a> camps. As early as 6th February, 1940, Frank gave an indication of the extent of this reign of terror by his cynical comment to a newspaper reporter on von Neurath's poster announcing the execution of the Czech students: " I wished to order that one should hang up posters about every seven Poles shot, there would not be enough forests in Poland with which to make the paper for these posters." On 30th May, 1940, Frank told a police conference that he was taking advantage of the offensive in the West which diverted the attention of the world from Poland to liquidate thousands of Poles who would be likely to resist German domination of Poland, including " the leading representatives of the Polish intelligentsia." Pursuant to these instructions the brutal A.B. action was begun under which the Security Police and SD carried out these exterminations which were only partially subjected to the restraints of legal procedure. On 2nd October, <a href="/holocaust-chronology-1943">1943</a>, Frank issued a decree under which any non-Germans hindering German construction in the General Government were to be tried by summary courts of the Security Police and SD and sentenced to death. </p> <p align="justify">The economic demands made on the General Government were far in excess of the needs of the army of occupation, and were out of all proportion to the resources of the country. The food raised in Poland was shipped to Germany on such a wide scale that the rations of the population of the occupied territories were reduced to the starvation level, and epidemics were widespread. Some steps were taken to provide for the feeding of the agricultural workers who were used to raise the crops, but the requirements of the rest of the population were disregarded. It is undoubtedly true, as argued by counsel for the defence, that some suffering in the General Government was inevitable as a result of the ravages of war and the economic confusion resulting there from. But the suffering was increased by a planned policy of economic exploitation. </p> <p align="justify">Frank introduced the deportation of <a href="/forced-labor-in-the-holocaust">slave labourers</a> to Germany in the very early stages of his administration. On 25th January, 1940, he indicated his intention of deporting one million labourers to Germany, suggesting on 10th May, 1940, the use of police raids to meet this quota. On 18th August, 1942, Frank reported that he had already supplied 800,000 workers for the Reich, and expected to be able to supply 140,000 more before the end of the year. </p> <p align="justify">The persecution of the Jews was immediately begun in the General Government. The area originally contained from 2,500,000 to 3,500,000 Jews. They were forged into <a href="/ghettos-during-the-holocaust">ghettos</a>, subjected to discriminatory laws, deprived of the food necessary to avoid starvation, and finally systematically and brutally <a href="/the-quot-final-solution-quot">exterminated</a>. On 16th December, <a href="/holocaust-chronology-of-1941">1941</a>, Frank told the Cabinet of the Governor General: " We must annihilate the Jews wherever we find them and wherever it is possible, in order to maintain there the structure of Reich as a whole." By 25th January, <a href="/chronology-of-jewish-persecution-1944">1944</a>, Frank estimated that there were only 103,000 Jews left. </p> <p align="justify">At the beginning of his testimony, Frank stated that he had a feeling of " terrible guilt " for the atrocities committed in the occupied territories. But his defence was largely devoted to an attempt to prove that he was not in fact responsible; that he ordered only the necessary pacification measures; that the excesses were due to the activities of the police which were not under his control; and that he never even knew of the activities of the concentration camps. It has also been argued that the starvation was due to the aftermath of the war and policies carried out under the Four Year Plan; that the forced labour programme was under the direction of <a href="/fritz-sauckel">Sauckel</a>; and that the extermination of the Jews was by the police and <a href="/the-ss-schutzstaffel">SS</a> under direct orders from Himmler. </p> <p align="justify">It is undoubtedly true that most of the criminal programme charged against Frank was put into effect through the police, that Frank had jurisdictional difficulties with Himmler over the control of the police, and that <a href="/adolf-hitler-table-of-contents">Hitler</a> resolved many of these disputes in favour of Himmler. It therefore may well be true that same of the crimes committed in the General Government were committed without the knowledge of Frank, and even occasionally despite his opposition. It may also be true that some of the criminal policies put into effect in the General Government did not originate with Frank but were carried out pursuant to orders from Germany. But it is also true that Frank was a willing and knowing participant in the use of terrorism in Poland; in the economic exploitation of Poland in a way which led to the death by starvation of a large number of people; in the deportation to Germany as slave labourers of over a million Poles; and in a programme involving the murder of at least three million Jews. </p> </blockquote> <h3 align="left"><b><font color="maroon">Conclusion</font></b></h3> <blockquote> <p align="justify"> The Tribunal finds that Frank is not guilty on Count <a href="/nuremberg-tiral-proceedings-indictment-count-one">One</a> but guilty under Counts <a href="/nuremberg-trial-proceedings-indictment-count-three">Three</a> and <a href="/nuremberg-trial-proceedings-indictment-count-four">Four</a>. </p> </blockquote> <hr/> <blockquote> <p><strong>Sources</strong>: <a href="http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/imt/proc/judfrank.htm" target="_blank"> The Avalon Project</a></p> </blockquote> </article> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both"></div> <div class="popup--overlay" id="popup--overlay"> <div class="popup--container"> <button type="button" name="button" class="popup--button-close" id="popup--button-close"><span class="popup--button-text">close</span><img src="images/icon-close.svg"/></button> <div class="popup--content"> <img src="/images/logo-v.svg" alt="" class="popup--content-logo"/> <p class="popup--content-title">Download our mobile app for on-the-go access to the Jewish Virtual Library</p> <div class="popup--content-badges"> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leverageit.jvl" target="_blank"><img src="/images/google-play-badge.svg" alt="Google Play"/></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jewish-virtual-library/id1336516435?mt=8" target="_blank"><img src="/images/app-store-badge.svg" alt="App Store"/></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="third"> <div id="footer1"> <img src="/images/logo-h.svg"/> </div> </div> <div class="third" id="footer2"> <a href="/the-library" class="hvr-underline-from-center">Library</a><br/> <a href="/about-aice" class="hvr-underline-from-center">About</a><br/> <a href="/contact-us" class="hvr-underline-from-center">Contact</a><br/> <a href="/privacy-policy" class="hvr-underline-from-center">Privacy Policy</a><br/> <a href="https://app.mobilecause.com/form/HfNVhg" class="hvr-underline-from-center">Donate</a><br/> <a href="/copyright" class="hvr-underline-from-center copyright-text">漏 1998 - 2025 American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise</a> </div> <div class="third" id="footer3"> Join our mailing list<br/> <form name="ccoptin" action="https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp" target="_blank" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="llr" value="odoiakbab"/> <input type="hidden" name="m" value="1100921190510"/> <input type="hidden" name="p" value="oi"/> <input type="text" name="ea" placeholder="Email address"/> <button type="submit" onclick="joinMailingList()">Join</button> </form> <div class="social"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jewishvirtuallibrary/"><i class="fa fa-instagram" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JewishVirtualLibrary/"><i class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JewishVLibrary"><i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jewishvlibrary"><i class="fa fa-youtube-play" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/js/libs.js?cache-buster=september6"></script> <script src="https://cdn.popupsmart.com/bundle.js" data-id="21528" async="" defer=""></script> <script> $(function() { $(window).smartresize(function() { $('header h1').quickfit({ max: 48, min: 20, truncate: false }); $('header h2').quickfit({ max: 24, min: 15, truncate: false }); }); $(window).trigger('resize'); $('.subCatHeader').click(function(){ $(this).parent().toggleClass('collapsed'); }); if(window.innerWidth < 768) { if(sessionStorage.getItem('closedPopup') != "true") { document.getElementById("popup--overlay").style.display = "block"; } document.getElementById("popup--button-close").addEventListener("click", function(){ sessionStorage.setItem('closedPopup', "true"); document.getElementById("popup--overlay").style.display = "none"; }); } }); </script> <script async="" src="https://static.addtoany.com/menu/page.js"></script>  <script type="text/javascript"> _40nmcid = '40NM-11045-1'; (function() { var nm = document.createElement('script'); nm.type = 'text/javascript'; nm.async = true; nm.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Nuremberg Trial Judgements: Hans Frank