Wilhelm Krueger

Wilhelm Krueger (d. May 2, 1943), sometimes referred to as "The Heydrich of Poland" was the Chief of Gestapo operations in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Like Reinhard Heydrich, Krueger was assassinated by resistance fighters. [ "Current Biography 1943", p412 ] .

General Krueger was sent by Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler to make the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto an example to the Polish underground saboteurs, and had announced that the Germans would "eliminate" the neighborhood and its residents [ "The Long Beach Independent", June 4, 1943, p26Instead, Kruger was ambushed and fatally wounded in Krakow by three guerilla fighters on May 2, 1943 [ "New Reign of Terror Grips Greek People," "The Hammond Times", May 10, 1943, p16 ] . He was the highest ranking among 500 Germans to die during the resistance [ "Poles Retain Their Spirit," "Reno Evening Gazette", September 9, 1943, p10 ] . Krueger was not related to Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (1894-1945).

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