Frank, Hans

1900 - Frank was born in Karlsruhe on the 23rd of May.

1917 - He joined the German Army.

1919 - He served in the Freikorps and joined the German Worker's Party.

1925 - He married Brigitte Herbst on the 2nd of April.

1926 - He passed the law state examination after finishing his law degree.

1930 - He was elected to the Reichstag.

1933 - He was elected Minister of Justice for Bavaria. He was also the head of the National Socialist Jurists Association and President of the Academy of German Law.

1934 - He elected Reich Minister Without Portfolio.

1939 - He was appointed as Chief of Administration to Gerd von Rundstedt in the General Government. On the 26th of October he became the Governor-General of the General Government for the occupied Polish territories.

1942 - He lost his positions of authority outside of the General Government after annoying Hitler with a series of speeches in Berlin, Vienna, Heidelberg, and Munich.

1945 - He fled the General Government in January. He was captured by American troops on the 3rd of May. He attempted suicide the day he was captured.

1946 - He was convicted after he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. On the 1st of October, he died after he was hanged.