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Frank, Karl-Hermann

    Date of birth:
    January 24th, 1898 (Karlsbad/Bohemia, Austrian-Hungarian Empire)
    Date of death:
    May 22nd, 1946 (Prague, Czechoslowakia)
    Nationality:
    Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

    Biography

    Karl-Hermann Frank was a prominent Sudeten-German Nazi official in Czechoslovakia prior to and during World War II and an SS-Obergruppenführer.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Obergruppenführer / General der Waffen-SS und Polizei (Lieutenant-General)
    Awarded on:
    March 1943
    War Victory Cross Order Grand Cross
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    General der Waffen-SS / General der Polizei
    Awarded on:
    May 1st, 1945

    Awarded by Karl Dönitz.
    Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes

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