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Frank, Hans (Generalgouverneur) - signed document grouping

Frank, Hans (Generalgouverneur) - signed document grouping

LOT 69-0861
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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
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LOT 69-0861
EAN 2000000810812
LOT 69-0861
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
EAN 2000000810812
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
MAKER
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
LOT 69-0861
MATERIAL
DIMENSIONS
EAN 2000000810812
MAKER
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945


Description

Document grouping to Justizobersekretär Heinrich Wegmann.

Early promotion certificate. Promoted to Justizobersekretär. Issued on 14.12.1934. Hand-signed by Hans Frank. Very rare to find!

Hans Frank was born on 23. May 1900 in Karlsruhe. In 1919 he joined the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei "DAP", the predecessor organization of the NSDAP. He was also the personal lawyer of Adolf Hitler and a member of the German Reichstag. During WWII he was Generalgouverneur of occupied Poland. Because of his brutality in occupied Poland, he was called "Schlächter von Polen" ("Butcher of Poland"). At the Nürnberg trials, he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and executed by hanging on 15./16. October 1946.

Certificate to Faithful Service Decoration for 25 years. Issued on 09.06.1938. Facsimile signature by Meissner. 

Certificate to Faithful Service Decoration for 40 years. Issued on 09.05.1939. Facsimile signature by Adolf Hitler.

Certificate to Mother's Cross in Bronze. Issued on 21.05.1939 to his wife Barbara Wegmann. Facsimile signature by Adolf Hitler and Meissner. 

Certificate of Retirement. Issued on 05.02.1942. Hand-signed by Oberlandesgerichtspräsident Friedrich Döbig. His curriculum vitae is available on the Internet. (Oberlandesgerichtspräsident = President of the Higher Regional Court)

In addition four other contemporary documents.

Signs of use. Overall condition 2.

(Deutsche Arbeiterpartei "DAP" = German Workers' Party)

 


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