Hans Krüger

Hans Krueger (also spelled Krüger, Kreger) (1 July 1909 – 8 February 1988) was a German captain of the Gestapo in occupied Poland during World War II, Krueger (also spelled Kreger, Krüger) was known as the right man for the job due to his Nazi fanaticism which earned him the seat of a city commandant in 1941 but also his brutality exhibited through hands-on participation in the killings. He trained Ukrainian collaborators from Galicia, as future SiPo-SD personnel. Krueger's subsequent advancement came with the German invasion of the Soviet Union of 22 June 1941, when he joined the Sonderkommando z.b.V. (for special assignments) as deputy to Karl Eberhard Schöngarth. Soon after, he took part in the occupation of Lvov and on 12 October 1941 commanded the same men he trained in the Bloody Sunday massacre of Jews at Stanislau.

Hans Krueger (sometimes spelled Krüger) is not to be confused with Hans Krüger (1902–1971), The Gestapo Krueger's operations in the south would be defined as crimes against humanity under international law.

The killings continued. Appointed Chief of the local Gestapo Office in Stanisławów, On 6 October 1941 in nearby Nadworna some 2,000 Jews: men, women and children were murdered on Krueger's orders, One week later, on 12 October 1941 with the aid of the Orpo Reserve Police Battalion 133 from Lemberg and the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police, Krueger organized the Bloody Sunday massacre of 10,000–12,000 Jews in Stanisławów, where most of the remaining Jewish population of the city was brought into a Jewish cemetery and shot continuously until after dark. Krueger took part in the killings. "Over the span of sixteen months (wrote historian Dieter Pohl), this small police station its staff at times numbering only twenty-five organized and implemented the shooting of some 70,000 Jews and the deportation of another 12,000 to death camps. Acts of such monstrous proportions are generally associated only with the large SS killing squads."

Postwar career Krueger was picked up in the Netherlands at the end of World War II and held in custody, but lied about his past and was released by the Dutch in November 1948 for lack of evidence. He settled in West Germany and made a living as a traveling salesman before starting his own firm. began to overlap.

In the 1950s, Krueger requested a civil servant position. His application was turned down by the German internal security agency. He began a career in party politics, and served as managing director of the FVP Party for the Muenster district. In 1949–56, he was a chairman of the Association of Germans from Berlin and Brandenburg. Krueger ran in the North Rhine-Westphalia State Assembly elections for the League of Eastern Expellees. Krueger's trial lasted for two years during which he sparked outrage for his anti-Semitic outbursts.

Krueger was found guilty of multiple crimes and sentenced to life in prison.