J%C3%BCrgen Stroop


Jrgen Stroop was an SS General during World War II. He was in command against the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and wrote the Stroop Report, a booklength 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 Peoples Republic of Poland, Stroop was tried, convicted, and hanged for crimes against humanity.

Jrgen Stroop was born to Roman Catholic parents in Detmold, in the Principality of Lippe, in the German Empire. His father, Konrad Stroop, was Lippes chief of police. His mother, Katherine Stroop, was a fulltime 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.

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