Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger collection

Identifier: irn523244
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Irwin Phillip Birnbaum, the nephews of Henry Birnbaum.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, a logbook, and photographs relating to the experiences of SS Obergruppenfuhrer Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger during his service in the 5th Mountain Corps in German-occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523297
- English
- 1942-1944
- box 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection consists of 344 photographs taken by the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen in Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro from 1942-1944 after the German invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. They are labeled by the commanding office of the Waffen-SS. The photographs depict the military campaigns by the division and include several images of captured partisans. Also included are postcards from Dubrovnik and Sarajevo, and a travel log from 1944 February 2-5 that was likely authored by Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger, who served with the division.
Engraved wooden box presented to a Lieutenant General of the SS by his troops
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523298
- English
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 12.380 inches (31.445 cm) | Depth: 8.880 inches (22.555 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Engraved commemorative box presented to SS Obergruppenführer [Lieutenant general of the SS] Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger by the troops of the 5th Mountain Corps in German-occupied Yugoslavia, which he commanded from August 1944 to February 1945. The box was used to hold Waffen-SS labeled photographs of the region where Krüger’s troops had served. From October 1939 to October1943, Krüger served as Höherer SS und Polizeiführer [Supreme SS and Police Leader] for the Generalgouvernement in occupied Poland, where he carried out Heinrich Himmler’s killing operations for Jews in the region. In 1943, K...

Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger collection

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Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger papers

Engraved wooden box presented to a Lieutenant General of the SS by his troops