Operation Reinhard
Operation Reinhard in Kraków, often referred to by its original codename in German as Aktion Krakau, was a major 1942 German Nazi operation against the Jews of Kraków, Poland. It was headed by SS and Police Leader Julian Scherner from the Waffen-SS. The "roundup" was part of the countrywide "Aktion Reinhard" (Operation Reinhard), the mass murder of Polish Jews in the so-called General Government under the command of "SS und Polizeiführer" Odilo Globočnik.