Hans Frank private motion pictures

Film Collection | Accession Number: 2016.519

Collection Summary: Hans Frank was a lawyer and major figure in the Nazi Party. In October 1939, Hitler named Frank Governor-General of occupied Poland. He was responsible for the exploitation of the civilian population (both Jews and non-Jews), the plundering of Polish cultural treasures for his personal benefit, and the deportation and execution of Jews. After the war, Frank was tried, convicted, and hanged by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. One of the private 16mm film reels illustrates the everyday life of the Frank family at work and home and on vacation. The other, in color and black and white, was probably shot by someone in the Frank family or a very close member of his staff. It includes relaxed and informal scenes of the Frank family at Wawel Castle and in the Polish countryside, Nazi officials visiting Frank, and a rare color view of Jews in the Krakow ghetto. Hans Frank’s films and diary came into the possession of Walter Stein, an American intelligence officer who interrogated Frank, at the end of the war and remained in the US until the early 21st century. After much negotiation, the films were donated to USHMM in June 2016 by Hans Frank's son Niklas Frank, who has been vocal in his criticism of his father and the Nazi regime.
Credit: US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Niklas Frank and Erika Noebel

B&W / Color: Black & White
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Source: Niklas Frank
Date: Event: late 1939-1940?
Date: Event: April-July 1940
Date: Event: 1940-1941?
Date: Event: 1940-1941?
Date: Event: 1940-1941?
Date: Event: 1939-1941?
Date: Event: May 1940
Date: Event: 1940?
Date: Event: 1940-1941?
Date: Event: 1939
Date: Event: 1940-1943?
Date: Event: 1937-1939?
Date: Event: 1935?
Date: Event: 1940-1943?
Date: Event: 1940-1943?
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