The Last Minute of Karl Hermann Frank | Pole Hanging in Prague 1946

On May 22, 1946, in Prague, Nazi official Karl Hermann Frank was executed by pole hanging before thousands of spectators.

As the Reich Secretary in occupied Czechoslovakia, Frank oversaw brutal repression, including the infamous destruction of Lidice after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. His trial exposed the scale of his crimes, and the verdict was inevitable: death.

This video recounts his rise to power, his role in Nazi terror, and the chilling final moments of his execution by the pole-hanging method.

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On May 22nd, 1946 in Prague, Nazi official Carl Hermmon Frank faced the ultimate punishment. Frank had been one of the most powerful men in occupied Czechoslovakia. As state secretary, he oversaw the brutal repression of resistance and was directly responsible for the massacre at Lysy. The village annihilated after the assassination of Reinhard Heddrich in 1942. Hundreds of men were shot, women deported, and children sent to concentration camps. After the war, Frank was captured by American forces and handed over to Czechoslovakia. His trial in Prague revealed the full extent of his crimes. Witness after witness described his ironfisted rule and the terror he unleashed upon the Czech people. The verdict was inevitable, death. On that May morning, thousands gathered to watch. Frank was led to the gallows, pale and silent. There he was executed by the pole hanging method, a brutal technique where the condemned is hoisted upward by the neck until death.