Hans Krueger

Hans Krueger
Hans Krueger
Born	1 July 1909; Posen, German Empire
Died	8 February 1988 (aged 78); Wartenberg, Bavaria, West Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Rank	Hauptsturmführer
Unit	Gestapo

Hans Krueger (also spelled Krüger) (1 July 1909 – 8 February 1988) was a German captain of the Gestapo in occupied Poland during World War II,^[1] involved in organizing the string of massacres after the commencement of Operation Barbarossa behind the Curzon Line. His murderous rampage in the General Government territory against the ethnic Poles and the Polish Jews began with the massacre of Lwów professors in July 1941, which was followed by the Czarny Las massacre near Stanisławów (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) in August 1941, as well as the notorious Bloody Sunday massacre of 10,000–12,000 Jews: men, women and children in October 1941, leading to the liquidation of the Stanisławów Ghetto a year later.^[2] Krueger (also spelled kreger, krüger) was known as the right man for the job due to his Nazi fanaticism which earned him the seat of a city commandant in 1941 but also his brutality exhibited through hands-on participation in the killings.^[3]

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^ Dieter Pohl. Hans Krueger and the Murder of the Jews in the Stanislawow Region (Galicia) (PDF file, direct download). Yad Vashem Studies 26 (1997), current document. pp. 12/13, 17/18, 20/21. It is impossible to determine what Krueger's exact responsibility was in connection with "Bloody Sunday" [massacre of 12 October 1941]. It is clear that a massacre of such proportions under German civil administration was virtually unprecedented.
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[yadvashem-Pohl-2] Dieter Pohl. Hans Krueger and the Murder of the Jews in the Stanislawow Region (Galicia) (PDF file, direct download). Yad Vashem Studies 26 (1997), current document. pp. 12/13, 17/18, 20/21. It is impossible to determine what Krueger's exact responsibility was in connection with "Bloody Sunday" [massacre of 12 October 1941]. It is clear that a massacre of such proportions under German civil administration was virtually unprecedented.

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Hans Krueger

Born	(1909-07-01)1 July 1909 Posen, German Empire
Died	8 February 1988(1988-02-08) (aged 78) Wartenberg, Bavaria, West Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Rank	Hauptsturmführer
Unit	Gestapo