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Jürgen Stroop

1895 - 1952

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Jürgen Stroop (born Josef Stroop, 26 September 1895 – 6 March 1952) 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 (in Poland) and 1943-1944 (in Greece). 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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jürgen Stroop is the 2,805th most popular politician (down from 2,573rd in 2019), the 738th most popular biography from Germany (down from 679th in 2019) and the 207th most popular German Politician.

Jürgen Stroop was most famous for his role in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. He was a Nazi general and was in charge of the suppression of the uprising. He is most famous for his report, "The Warsaw Ghetto Is No More."

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Among politicians, Jürgen Stroop ranks 2,805 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Go-Yōzei, Antigonus II Mattathias, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Louis the Blind, Abiy Ahmed, and Anne Neville. After him are Prince Shōtoku, Joseph McCarthy, Thomas Bach, Hyeonjong of Joseon, Eisaku Satō, and Tiglath-Pileser III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jürgen Stroop ranks 49. Before him are Vladimir Propp, László Moholy-Nagy, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Vasily Blokhin, Oskar Dirlewanger, and Stanley Rous. After him are Richard Barthelmess, Babe Ruth, Dorothea Lange, Augusto César Sandino, Albert Göring, and Dickinson W. Richards. Among people deceased in 1952, Jürgen Stroop ranks 20. Before him are Walter Schellenberg, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Paramahansa Yogananda, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Ferenc Molnár, and Kiichiro Toyoda. After him are Charles Maurras, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, George Santayana, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and Charles Scott Sherrington.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Stroop ranks 738 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), and Johann Adolph Hasse (1699). After him are Thomas Bach (1953), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), Magda Schneider (1909), Hugo Ball (1886), Reinhard Gehlen (1902), and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Jürgen Stroop ranks 207. Before him are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), Hermann von Salza (1170), Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856), Erich Koch (1896), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), and Manfred Gerlach (1928). After him are Thomas Bach (1953), John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Otto Grotewohl (1894), Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530), and Werner von Haeften (1908).

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