Name: 80 years since the trial of K. H. Frank, one of the key figures of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia
Uploaded: 2026-03-27T14:51:00+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Eighty years ago, on March 22, 1946, the trial of Karl Hermann Frank began in Prague. One of the most powerful figures in the Nazi occupation administration in the Czech lands, Frank served as State Minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He was responsible for harsh repression, mass executions and also for the

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Eighty years ago, on March 22, 1946, the trial of Karl Hermann Frank began in Prague. One of the most powerful figures in the Nazi occupation administration in the Czech lands, Frank served as State Minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He was responsible for harsh repression, mass executions and also for the destruction of the village of Lidice, which became a symbol of Nazi terror.

Frank came from the Sudeten German community and rose quickly in the Nazi hierarchy after Adolf Hitler came to power.

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