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Re-living the Past

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As the Third Reich drew to a close, Hans Frank began to see what he had done. He was leaving behind a dire situation. Poland had been destroyed in both material and human terms. Only the very strongest character could have accepted responsibility in full. The Governor General never quite managed this. Time and again, Hans Frank re-lived his past (during interrogation, while on trial and as he wrote his memoirs), but always at decisive points he twisted what had really occurred. He interpreted things not as they had happened, but as he wished they had been.

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Re-living the Past

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Housden, M. (2003). Re-living the Past. In: Hans Frank. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230503090_12

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