Jurgen Stroop (born Josef Stroop 26 September 1895 – 6 March 1952) was a Nazi SS commander who was in charge of the occupation of Poland and Greece. He led the suppression of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Enlisting in the Prussian Army in 1914 as an infantryman started his military career. He fought on the Western Front in several different units.
Stroop changed his first name to a more Nordic one after his conversion to Neo Nazi paganism; a belief in the god Wotan. He believed in the pollution of the Aryan race and societies by Jews and Christians (see Case Study 2).
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising started when SS troops moved in to the Ghetto to begin deportations. The Jews living there ambushed the troops and the fight was on. The Germans used flamethrowers to torch buildings and smoke to drive people out. The fight lasted about 10 days.
“13,000 Jews were killed in the ghetto during the uprising (some 6,000 among them were burnt alive or died from smoke inhalation). Of the remaining 50,000 residents, almost all were captured and shipped to the death camps of Majdanek and Treblinka.” Wikipedia
Stroop ordered the execution of nine US Airmen in 1944. When the allies crossed the Rhine he and his few remaining men donned Wehrmacht uniforms and surrendered. When tried in Dachau for the execution of the airmen he feigned innocence. He was sentenced to death and then extradited to Poland. After being tried for war crimes related to the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising he was sentenced to death. Jurgen was hung on March 6, 1952.
Related; “Conversations with an Executioner” Kazimierz Moczarski – 1977 is a book written by Polish resistance fighter Kazimierz Moczarski who shared a cell in communist occupied Poland with Stroop.
Robert Jay Matthews (January 16, 1953 – December 8, 1984) was the founder of The Sons of Liberty, a right wing militia and The Order, a Neo Nazi movement. The Sons of Liberty was made up of Mormon survivalists. It’s membership stagnated when the non Mormon members had disagreements with the Mormon members. Matthews moved with his father to Metaline WA where he formed The Order.
The Order was far more radical then The Sons of Liberty. The Order’s main objective was to start a white supremacist revolution against the United States, after which blacks, Jews, “race mixers”, and other perceived enemies would be exterminated. They robbed businesses, armored cars and counterfeited money. Their most successful robbery was of a Brink’s truck in July of 1984. They netted $3.6M some of which they distributed to other white nationalist organizations and the White Patriot Party.
Matthews was surrounded at a safe house in Freeland, WA by the FBI. He fired upon officers attempting to enter his house. Flares were fired into the house which ignited stored ammunition and hand grenades. The resulting fire burned to the building to the ground. Matthew’s body was found with his pistol still in hand.
Robert Matthews is considered a martyr by white nationalists. He knew what we know, this lifetime isn’t the end. Today he is approximately 38 years old with a different name. He is also not the boss.