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Jürgen Stroop statement

Document | Accession Number: 2019.234.1

The Jürgen Stroop statement consists of a 14-page handwritten statement prepared by Jürgen Stroop, an SS-Gruppenführer who led the effort to repress the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943. The statement, dated 26 April 1946 in Wiesbaden, Germany, includes details about the preparation and military action to suppress the uprising.

Date
creation:  1946 April 26
Language
German
Genre/Form
Statements.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

About This Document

Document Creator
Jürgen Stroop
Biography
Jürgen Stroop (born Josef Stroop) was born on September 26, 1895 in Detmold, Germany to Konrad and Katherine Stroop. He joined the Nazi party in 1932 and served as a SS commander in occupied Poland. He was charged with overseeing suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 during which he ordered that the ghetto be systematically burned down and blown up, and the Jewish synagogue destroyed. All survivors of the uprising were either immediately killed or deported to extermination camps. After the war, he was prosecuted during the Dachau Trials and trials in Warsaw. He was ultimately executed for crimes against humanity on March 6, 1952 in Warsaw, Poland.
System of Arrangement
The Jürgen Stroop statement is a single document.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by David Leiman.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-07-14 09:32:46
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