Hans Frank
Hans Frank
Hans Michael Frankwas a German lawyer who worked for the Nazi Party during the 1920s and 1930s, and later became Hitler's personal lawyer. After the invasion of Poland, Frank became Nazi Germany's chief jurist in the occupied Poland "General Government" territory. During his tenure throughout World War II, he instituted a reign of terror against the civilian population and became directly involved in the mass murder of Jews. At the Nuremberg trials, he was found guilty of war crimes and...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth23 May 1900
CountryGermany
War is not a thing one wants.
I am thankful for the kind treatment during my captivity and I ask God to accept me with mercy.
My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort.
Ah! American cigarettes are like the American soul - sweet and light.
My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.
It was my dream, and probably the dream of every one of us, to bring about a revision of the Versailles Treaty by peaceful means, which was provided for in that very treaty.
On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration.
Both Einstein and Freud were clever in leaving Germany, because both of them would doubtlessly have been caught by Himmler and murdered.
Hitler is lonely. So is God. Hitler is like God.
I dealt with legal questions in the interest of Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP and its members during the difficult years of struggle for the victory of the Movement.
In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag.
I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither was I consulted by Adolf Hitler on general political questions, nor did I ever take part in conferences about such problems.
It doesn't matter whether I'm judged criminal. I have a great feeling of guilt - I have a feeling that I ran after Hitler like a wildfire without reason. If I can sacrifice my life to make something good, I'd gladly do it.