26 IMT, XII. Frank made the reference to the 'greatest hour of Germanness' on 14th June 1940 at a conference of department heads; see IMT, XXIX, 2233-PS. The 'historical task' was of course more closely defined. On the discussions with Hitler in which the directives on policy in the occupied Polish territories were discussed, see Wulf, Dr Hans Frank, Generalgouverneur im besetzten Polen, and IMT, XXIX, 2233-PS.