Author: Jürgen Stroop
Date: 24/5/1943
Countries: Germany, Poland
Topics: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, Treblinka, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Description: This document is a report from Jürgen Stroop, the SS and Police Leader in the Warsaw District, to the Higher SS and Police Leader East, Krüger, in Kraków. The date is May 24, 1943. It is a report about the “Ghetto-Großaktion” (Great Ghetto Action) - the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It details the number of Jews killed, the number of bunkers destroyed, and the amount of weapons and other materials seized during the operation. This document also explicitly refers to Jews who were "annihilated" (vernichtet) after being sent to T II (Treblinka II).
Source: Poliakov, Léon & Wulf, Josef. Das Dritte Reich und die Juden: Dokumente und Aufsätze. p. 168-169
Source ID: 44