Jürgen Stroop
| Jürgen Stroop | |
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Jürgen Stroop in U.S. military custody, 1945
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| Born |
26 September 1895 Detmold, Germany |
| Died | 6 March 1952 (aged 56) Warsaw, Poland |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
Prussian Army Waffen-SS Polizei
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| Rank |
Vizefeldwebel SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und PolizeiSS- und Polizeiführer |
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| Awards |
Iron Cross 1st Class Infantry Assault Badge Wound Badge War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords |
Jürgen Stroop (born Josef Stroop, 26 September 1895 in Detmold, Germany – 6 March 1952 in Warsaw, Poland) was an SS General during World War II. He was in command against the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and wrote the Stroop Report, a book-length account of the operation. Following the defeat of Nazi Germany, Stroop was prosecuted during the Dachau Trials and convicted of murdering nine American POWs. After his extradition to the People's Republic of Poland, Stroop was tried, convicted, and hanged for crimes against humanity.
Jürgen Stroop was born in the Principality of Lippe, in the German Empire. His father, Konrad Stroop, was Lippe's chief of police. His mother, Katherine Stroop, was a full-time homemaker. In conversation with Kazimierz Moczarski while imprisoned in 1949, Stroop recalled his devoutly religious mother as "a near fanatic," who subjected him to childhood physical abuse. Both of his parents were enthusiastic monarchists. During parades in Detmold Konrad Stroop often pointed out Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe and said, "Remember this always. This is our Prince. Obey him and serve him as I have."
Stroop's sense of German patriotism was fostered by growing up in the shadow of the Hermannsdenkmal. After receiving an elementary education, he became an apprentice with the land register in Detmold, where he worked until the outbreak of World War I.
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