who was the hitler's attorney general?

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Who was Hitlers lawyer?

Hans Michael FrankHans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and lawyer who served as head of the General Government in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War....Hans FrankPersonal detailsBornHans Michael Frank23 May 1900 Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire28 more rows

Who were Hitler's main generals?

Other key figures were Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the OKW; Alfred Jodl, Hitler's primary military advisor in the OKW; Werner von Blomberg, Defense Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces until Hitler took over; Werner von Fritsch and Walther von Brauchitsch, Commanders in Chief of the Army until Hitler took ...

What were Hitler's advisors called?

CompositionPortfolioMinisterLeft officeChancellor of the German ReichAdolf Hitler †30 April 1945Vice-Chancellor of the German ReichFranz von Papen7 August 1934Reich Minister of Foreign AffairsKonstantin von Neurath4 February 1938Joachim von Ribbentrop30 April 194547 more rows

Who was Hitler's head general?

Franz HalderFranz Halder (30 June 1884 – 2 April 1972) was a German general and the chief of staff of the Army High Command (OKH) in Nazi Germany from 1938 until September 1942....Franz HalderMilitary serviceAllegianceGerman Empire (1902–1918) Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1942)Branch/serviceGerman Army18 more rows

How many SS generals were there?

Between 1925 and 1945, the German Schutzstaffel (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and over a million Allgemeine-SS members....Obergruppenführer (general)NameRudolf HessPositionAlso Deputy-Führer of the NSDAP until 11 May 1941SS number50Joined SS1 November 1925Party number1664 more columns

Who was SS number 1?

John D. Sweeney, Jr.This particular record, (055-09-0001) belonged to John D. Sweeney, Jr., age 23, of New Rochelle, New York. The next day, newspapers around the country announced that Sweeney had been issued the first SSN.

Who was Hitlers best friend?

August Friedrich KubizekAugust KubizekBornAugust Friedrich Kubizek3 August 1888 Linz, Austria-HungaryDied23 October 1956 (aged 68) Eferding, AustriaNationalityAustrianKnown forFriend of Adolf Hitler8 more rows

Who was Hitler's vice president?

Franz von PapenFranz von PapenVice-Chancellor of GermanyIn office 30 January 1933 – 7 August 1934ChancellorAdolf HitlerPreceded byHermann Dietrich44 more rows

Who was Hitler's wife?

Eva BraunAdolf Hitler / Wife (m. 1945–1945)Eva Anna Paula Hitler was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler. The couple first met in Munich when she was a 17-year-old assistant and model for his personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann; she began seeing Hitler often about two years later. Wikipedia

Who was the leader of the brownshirts?

Ernst RöhmErnst Röhm, Röhm also spelled Roehm, (born November 28, 1887, Munich, Germany—died July 1, 1934, Munich-Stadelheim), German army officer and chief organizer of Adolf Hitler's Storm Troopers (Sturmabteilung, or SA; Brownshirts). Feared as a rival by Hitler, he was murdered at the Führer's order.

Who was the best German general?

Erich von Manstein, original name Erich Von Lewinski, (born Nov. 24, 1887, Berlin, Ger. —died June 11, 1973, Irschenhausen, near Munich, W. Ger.), German field marshal who was perhaps the most talented German field commander in World War II.

What was Hitler's title?

Chancellor of the German ReichAdolf Hitler / Previous office (1933–1945)

Overview

Capture and trial

Frank was captured by American troops on 4 May 1945, at Tegernsee in southern Bavaria. He attempted suicide twice. He was indicted for war crimes and tried before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg from 20 November 1945 to 1 October 1946. During the trial he converted, guided by Fr Sixtus O'Connor OFM, to Roman Catholicism, and claimed to have had a series of religious experienc…

Early years

Frank, the middle child of three, was born in Karlsruhe to Karl, a lawyer, and his wife, Magdalena (née Buchmaier), a daughter of a prosperous baker. He graduated from high school at Maximilians gymnasium in Munich. At seventeen he joined the German Army fighting in World War I, but did not serve time at the front.
After the war, Frank studied law and economics, from 1919 to the summer semester of 1921 at t…

Nazi Party career

Although the DAP evolved quite soon into NSDAP (Nazi Party), Frank waited until September 1923 to become a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), where he would eventually attain the rank of SA-Obergruppenführer in November 1937. In October 1923, he officially joined the NSDAP. In November of the same year, Frank took part in the "Beer Hall Putsch", the failed coup attemptintended to pa…

Governor-General in Poland

In September 1939, Frank was assigned as Chief of Administration to Gerd von Rundstedt in the German military administration in occupied Poland. Beginning 26 October 1939, following the completion of the invasion of Poland, Frank served as Governor-General of the occupied Polish territories, overseeing the General Government, the area of Poland not directly incorporated into German…

Death camps

Hans Frank participated in the growth of the politics leading to genocide in Poland. Under his guidance mass murder became a deliberate policy.
The General Government was the location of four out of six extermination camps, namely: Bełżec, Treblinka, Majdanek and Sobibór; Chełmno and Birkenau fell just outside the borders of the General Government.

Memoirs

While awaiting execution, he wrote his memoirs, Im Angesicht des Galgens (In the face of the gallows). In the capacity as his attorney, Frank was privy to personal details of Hitler's life. In his memoirs, Frank made the sensational claim that Hitler had commissioned him to investigate Hitler's family in 1930 after a "blackmail letter" had been received from Hitler's nephew, William Patric…

Family

On 2 April 1925 Frank married 29-year-old secretary Brigitte Herbst (1895–1959) from Forst (Lausitz). The wedding took place in Munich and the couple honeymooned in Venetia. Hans and Brigitte Frank had five children:
• Sigrid Frank (b. 1927, Munich – d. in South Africa)
• Norman Frank (b. 1928, Munich – d. 2010)