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Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger

1894 - 1945

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Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (8 May 1894 – 10 May 1945) was a German paramilitary commander in charge of, and personally involved in progressive annihilation of the Polish nation, its culture, its heritage and its wealth, and never sentenced for his war crimes. Long before the war he was a high-ranking member of the SA and the SS. Between 1939 and 1943 he was the Higher SS and Police Leader in the General Government, giving him command of all police and security forces in German-occupied Poland. In this capacity, he organized and supervised numerous crimes against humanity and had major responsibility for the German genocide of the Polish nation: the extermination of six million Poles (three million of them Polish Jews) and massive destruction, degradation and impoverishment of the Polish state. He took his own life in May 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger is the 5,125th most popular politician (down from 4,634th in 2019), the 1,476th most popular biography from France (down from 1,419th in 2019) and the 359th most popular French Politician.

Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger was a German SS officer who served as the General Commissioner of the General Government in occupied Poland during World War II. He was responsible for the murder of tens of thousands of Polish Jews and Poles.

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Among politicians, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 5,125 out of 19,576. Before him are George Akropolites, Ludovico Manin, František Palacký, Emperor Wuzong of Tang, Édouard Herriot, and Anna of Trebizond. After him are Enrico Berlinguer, Li Zongren, Adib Shishakli, Munjong of Goryeo, Bill Weld, and Hugo Banzer.

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Among people born in 1894, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 53. Before him are Kōnosuke Matsushita, Norman Rockwell, Paul Blobel, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bessie Smith, and Leo Kanner. After him are Anton Mussert, Percy Spencer, Ernst Lindemann, Aino Aalto, Américo Tomás, and Walter Warlimont. Among people deceased in 1945, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 97. Before him are Charles Fabry, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Josef Čapek, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Fritz Klein, and Hans Kammler. After him are Else Lasker-Schüler, Albrecht Penck, Roza Shanina, Bernhard Rust, Georg Kaiser, and Walter Bradford Cannon.

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In France

Among people born in France, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 1,476 out of 6,770. Before him are François Rude (1784), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), and Édouard Herriot (1872). After him are Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (1401), André-Louis Debierne (1874), Catherine Spaak (1945), Bernard Tapie (1943), Jean Chacornac (1823), and Louis Jourdan (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 359. Before him are Bernard of Italy (797), Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435), Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), and Édouard Herriot (1872). After him are Bernard Tapie (1943), Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734), Chilperic of Aquitaine (600), Georges Bidault (1899), Philippe de Gaulle (1921), and Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936).

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