About Jürgen Stroop
Jürgen Stroop was a German SS commander and perpetrator of the Holocaust during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and Greece from 1942–1943 and 1943–1944. He held the rank of SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei from 1942–1945. He led the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 with German Troops consisted of Heer Troops including Waffen-SS and the Order Police battalions and wrote the Stroop Report, a twelve-page account of the operation annexed with many original documents and pictures. Following the defeat of Germany, Stroop was prosecuted during the Dachau Trials and convicted of murdering nine U.S. prisoners of war. After his extradition to Poland, Stroop was tried, convicted, and executed for crimes against humanity. Nearly 6 years later Stroop recalled this shooting episode (quoted in the book Conversations with an Executioner by Kazimierz Moczarski): May First was memorable for a number of reasons. He was awarded a Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class and an Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze.
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