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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger has received more than 251,250 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger is the 4,634th most popular politician (down from 3,943rd in 2019), the 1,419th most popular biography from France (down from 1,260th in 2019) and the 344th 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

Among politicians, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 4,634 out of 19,576. Before him are Imi Lichtenfeld, Joaquim Chissano, Sinan Pasha, Naresuan, Shapour Bakhtiar, and Teófilo Braga. After him are Zeng Guofan, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Zhao Tuo, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Rusa I, and Gannicus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 51. Before him are Aino Aalto, Dimitri Tiomkin, Lothar von Richthofen, V. V. Giri, Walter Brennan, and André Kertész. After him are Bessie Smith, Ernst Lindemann, Percy Spencer, Leo Kanner, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, and Américo Tomás. Among people deceased in 1945, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 92. Before him are Elisabeth Volkenrath, Josef Terboven, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, Kurt Gerstein, Walter Bradford Cannon, and Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Hans Kammler, Josef Čapek, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Bernhard Rust, Philipp Bouhler, and Ivan Chernyakhovsky.

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In France

Among people born in France, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 1,419 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127), Ernest Meissonier (1815), Otto Meissner (1880), Pierre André Latreille (1762), and Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802). After him are Benedict of Aniane (750), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Armand Peugeot (1849), Pierre Cambronne (1770), Roland Topor (1938), and Paul-Jacques Curie (1855).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger ranks 344. Before him are Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle (1712), Renata of Lorraine (1544), Marius Jacob (1879), Paul Painlevé (1863), Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), and Otto Meissner (1880). After him are Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), Marie de Rohan (1600), Henri, Prince of Condé (1588), Victorinus (300), Ferdinand Buisson (1841), and Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326).

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