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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 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 was a SS-General (Brigadefuhrer Und Gruppenfuhrer) 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jürgen Stroop has received more than 754,046 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Jürgen Stroop is the 2,573rd most popular politician (down from 2,175th in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from Germany (down from 607th in 2019) and the 186th 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

Among politicians, Jürgen Stroop ranks 2,573 out of 19,576. Before him are Al-Wathiq, Armand Fallières, Anne of France, Emperor Nintoku, Psamtik II, and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus. After him are Adelaide of Maurienne, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Moinuddin Chishti, Victoire of France, and Nyuserre Ini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jürgen Stroop ranks 49. Before him are Igor Tamm, Buckminster Fuller, André Frédéric Cournand, Augusto César Sandino, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, and Stanley Rous. After him are Richard Walther Darré, Dorothea Lange, Albert Göring, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Lewis Milestone, and Dickinson W. Richards. Among people deceased in 1952, Jürgen Stroop ranks 24. Before him are Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Kiichiro Toyoda, Ferenc Molnár, Paramahansa Yogananda, Hattie McDaniel, and Robert Guérin. After him are Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Charles Maurras, George Santayana, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, and Charles Scott Sherrington.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Stroop ranks 679 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Ernst Mayr (1904), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), and Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783). After him are Gertrude the Great (1256), Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Hugo Ball (1886), Hans Morgenthau (1904), and Rudolf Otto (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Jürgen Stroop ranks 186. Before him are Werner von Haeften (1908), Otto Grotewohl (1894), Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876). After him are Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), George V of Hanover (1819), Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), and William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852).

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