August Franz Frank (5 April 1898 – 21 March 1984) was an official of the Main Economic Administration Office of the Nazi SS (SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt) generally known by its initials WVHA. WVHA was, among other things, responsible for the administration of the Nazi concentration camps. After the war, the higher WVHA officials, including Frank, were placed on trial for, and convicted of, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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August Franz Frank (5 April 1898 – 21 March 1984) was an official of the Main Economic Administration Office of the Nazi SS (SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt) generally known by its initials WVHA. WVHA was, among other things, responsible for the administration of the Nazi concentration camps. After the war, the higher WVHA officials, including Frank, were placed on trial for, and convicted of, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Frank joined the SS as a private on May 1, 1932, and the Nazi party on January 1, 1933. From 1933 to 1935, Frank worked at minor administrative duties in connection with a number of small industries at the Dachau concentration camp manned by inmate labor, most of which were concerned with concentration camp maintenance.
In 1935, at the request of Oswald Pohl, Frank became SS Administrative Officer of the Special Purpose Troops (SS-Verfügungstruppe) and of the concentration camp guards, the SS Death's Head units (SS-Totenkopfverbände), although the...
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