Lot 1420 Zwei …

Zwei Schwarz-Weiß-Photographien der Hinrichtung von Karl Hermann Frank im Jahr 1946. Vintages. Silbergelatineabzüge. (Wohl um 1950). Format je ca. 12 x 8 cm.

Nationalsozialismus

Photographie - Photographen – Böhmen und Mähren. - Er erreichte den Rang eines SS-Obergruppenführers und unterstand als Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer dem Polizeiapparat des Protektorats, darunter Gestapo, SD und Kriminalpolizei. Er verantwortete die Massaker von Lidice und Lezáky im Juni 1942 sowie die Verfolgung tschechischer Studenten im November 1939. Die USA lieferten Frank an die Tschechoslowakei aus. Der Prozess fand vor dem Außerordentlichen Volksgericht (Mimorádný lidový soud) in Prag statt. Er begann am 22. März 1946. Geplant waren vier Wochen, tatsächlich dauerte er zwei Monate. Die Hauptanklagepunkte waren Franks Befehle zur Auslöschung von Lidice und Lezáky sowie zur Verhaftung und Ermordung tschechischer Studenten. Der Ankläger Jaroslav Drábek forderte die Todesstrafe im Namen des tschechoslowakischen Volkes und der Witwen und Mütter von Lidice. Frank bestritt in seinem Schlusswort am 21. Mai 1946 jede Verantwortung für seine Verbrechen. Am selben Tag verkündete das Gericht das Todesurteil. Ein Bericht nennt als Schuldspruch Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit. Die Deutsche Biographie nennt Landesverrat und Kriegsverbrechen, die deutsche Wikipedia Hochverrat. Das Urteil wurde am 22. Mai 1946 im Hof des Prager Gefängnisses Pankrác vollstreckt, öffentlich und vor Zuschauern. Es war die letzte öffentliche Hinrichtung in Prag.

Photography – Bohemia and Moravia. - Two black-and-white photographs of the execution of Karl Hermann Frank in 1946. Gelatin silver prints. Vintage prints. (Probably c. 1950). He attained the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer and, as Higher SS and Police Leader, was in command of the police apparatus of the Protectorate, including the Gestapo, the SD and the Kriminalpolizei. He was responsible for the massacres of Lidice and Lezáky in June 1942, as well as for the persecution of Czech students in November 1939. The United States extradited Frank to Czechoslovakia. The trial took place before the Extraordinary People's Court (Mimorádný lidový soud) in Prague. It opened on 22 March 1946. It had been scheduled to last four weeks but in fact took two months. The main charges were Frank's orders to annihilate Lidice and Lezáky and to arrest and murder Czech students. The prosecutor, Jaroslav Drábek, demanded the death penalty in the name of the Czechoslovak people and of the widows and mothers of Lidice. In his closing statement on 21 May 1946, Frank denied any responsibility for his crimes. On the same day, the court pronounced the death sentence. One report gives crimes against humanity as the ground for the verdict. The Deutsche Biographie cites treason and war crimes, while the German Wikipedia cites high treason. The sentence was carried out on 22 May 1946 in the courtyard of Pankrác Prison in Prague, in public and before spectators. It was the last public execution in Prague.

Startprice: 300 €
Estimate: 400 €

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