English research edition
Hans Krüger
Hans Krüger served as head of the Security Police office in Stanisławów. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Stanisławów and the District of Galicia through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- Krüger headed the Security Police office in Stanisławów.
- He commanded mass-shooting operations and personally took part in them.
- The office under his authority participated in ghettoisation, deportations and the destruction of Jewish communities across the region.
Place in the chain of responsibility
The profile distinguishes crimes proved against Krüger at trial from the broader history of the Holocaust in the District of Galicia.
Key events and mechanisms
- the Stanisławów massacre of October 1941
- ghetto liquidations and deportations in the District of Galicia
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
In 1968 the Münster Regional Court sentenced Krüger to life imprisonment for murder and assistance in murder. He was released in 1986 and died two years later.
Limits of the evidence
Court records cover only part of the office’s crimes. The number of victims across the entire region is not used as a measure of one individual’s guilt.
Sources
The source set combines institutional, archival, trial or scholarly material from at least two independent publishers.