Over the years, I have encountered numerous significant passports. However, seldom have I encountered one like this, belonging to a key Nazi criminal. This individual unleashed a reign of terror against the civilian population and actively participated in the mass murder of Jews and Poles in the occupied Poland “General Government” territory. Passport Governor Hans Frank

This is the German NS passport of Dr. Hans Frank, Governor General of the General Government. At the Nuremberg trials, he was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and was executed.

The Passport

Hans Frank – passport from November 21, 1941, Passport of the German Reich “no. 680/41” with perforated numbering “84911M40” issued to “Governor General Dr. Hans Frank, Reich Minister” in “Kraków, 21 November. 1941”, Location “Kraków Fortress” photo in civil including handwritten ink signature “Frank” stamp “Office of the governor General – department of Internal Administration”, valid to 20 November 1946. Passport Governor Hans Frank

Visas

Between 1941 and 1943, authorities issued registered visas for Hungary, Slovakia (3x), Italy, and Germany, including one-off and re-entry visas. However, the Reich marked those issued for Germany as “Invalid” and stamped them accordingly.

The passport containing these visas showed significant wear. Notably, Hans Frank (1900–1946), a member of the DAP/NSDAP since 1919 and a lawyer who served as one of Hitler’s lawyers, held various positions of significance.

In 1933, he became the Reich Commissioner for the coordination of the judiciary, subsequently serving as the Reich Law Leader and heading the Legal Office of the NSDAP. By 1934, he assumed the role of a Minister without Portfolio Member of the Government.

In 1939, he served as the governor-general of Polish territories occupied by the Wehrmacht, not incorporated into the Reich. This role led to his indictment for crimes against the civilian population, particularly in the ghettos of Lvov, Warsaw, and Łódź.

As one of the major war criminals, he was sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. Shown and described in John K. Lattimer, Hitler and the Nazi Leaders – A Unique Insight into Evil.

John K. Lattimer Collection Passport Governor Hans Frank

Lattimer resided in Englewood, New Jersey. His 30-room Englewood home contained an extensive collection of military paraphernalia, including medieval armor, Revolutionary and Civil War rifles and swords, a pile of cannonballs, World War II machine guns, German Luger’s, and drawings by Adolf Hitler.

NS Collectibles

Moreover, Lattimer gathered personal items from several of the Nuremberg defendants, including Hermann Göring’s underwear and his Luftwaffe ring. Lattimer owned several grisly historical artifacts, including one of the two cyanide capsules that Göring smuggled into his Nuremberg prison. Göring used the other capsule to commit suicide minutes before he was to be executed.

Or a blood-stained collar that President Lincoln wore to Ford’s Theater the night he was shot. A medically preserved section of penile tissue which Lattimer said belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte. Passport Governor Hans Frank

This document was sold at an auction for $USD10.260 and comes from prominent US collector John K. Lattimer.

 

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