Bernhard Frank

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See also Bernard Frank (1927 - 1996), French Japanologist, Bernard Frank (journalist) (born 1929), French journalist

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SS Commander of the Obersalzberg complex, Obersturmbannführer Bernhard Frank arrested Hermann Göring on April 25, 1945 by order of Adolf Hitler, who had been manipulated by Reichsleiter Bormann into believing Göring was attempting to usurp the Führer's authority. He placed Göring under house arrest but ignored later orders to execute the Reichsmarschall.

Frank was reportedly one of the few SS officers inducted into the rites at Wewelsburg Castle, and after the war claimed that he had arranged the eventual surrender of Berchtesgaden to prevent needless damage to the structure.^{[citation needed]} He later wrote a 144-page book entitled Hitler, Göring and the Obersalzberg