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__ A Perpetrator  __ Hans Frank was born in Karlsruhe, Germany on May 23, 1900. He joined the army in 1917 for World War 1. He studied law and passed his final exam to become a lawyer in 1926. Soon after, he became the Nazis lawyer. Frank represented the Nazis in 2,400 cases throughout the years he worked for them. Soon he was promoted to Hitler’s personal legal advisor. When Hitler became chancellor in 1933 he appointed Frank as Minister of Justice for the Nazis. Soon after, Germany invaded Poland. Hitler told Hans Frank that hwe was the new governor general of occupied Poland. While being the governor general of Poland, Hans accomplished many tasks. Although not the tasks we wished he would have while having power. He murdered hundreds of thousands of Polish civilians, most of them were Jewish. He also forced tens of thousands into slave labor. He annihilated the Polish aristocracy so he would have more power in the government. He oversaw concentration camps located in Poland although denying knowing about them at first in the Nuremburg Trials. The Nazis practiced and perfected their extermination methods on testing grounds in Poland. Also, Hans apparently ran himself the “Final Solution” that the Nazis were planning. Finally, he complained about how hard the “shooting or poisoning three and a half million Jews” was but promised he would “lead somehow to their annihilation.” As you can probably tell, Hans Frank is a perpetrator. He killed millions of people even though he had the power to keep the Nazis from doing what they did. When he was Hitler’s legal advisor, he could have told him that he was crazy and that he should stop while he could. But he didn’t. Hans basically let Hitler kill millions and millions of innocent people. On top of that, he didn’t seem to have a problem going along with the Nazis rules and killings. You will probably not be surprised to hear that Hans Frank was executed as a war criminal and hanged on October 26, 1956 during the Nuremburg Trials. "Hans Frank." __United Sates Holocaust Memorial Museum__. 4 May 2009. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 6 May 2009 . "Hans Frank." __1939: The War Against The Jews__. 2002. The Holocaust Chronicle. 6 May 2009 . "Hans Frank." __Spartacus Educational - Home Page__. 06 May 2009 .
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