page_title: Jürgen Stroop
section_title: Plot of 20 July 1944
hierarchical_section_title: Jürgen Stroop / SS career / Plot of 20 July 1944
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Attentat vom 20. Juli 1944 Besichtigung der zerstörten Baracke im Führerhauptquartier "Wolfsschanze" bei Rastenburg, Ostpreußen (v.l.n.r.: X (SS), Martin Bormann, X (SS), Hermann Göring (Luftwaffe), Bruno Loerzer (Generaloberst der Luftwaffe); X (Luftwaffe)) Information added by Wikimedia users.Polski: Zamach na Hitlera 20 lipca 1944 Widok zniszczonej sali narad sytuacyjnych w kwaterze Wolfsschanze w Gierłoży k. Kętrzyna. (na zdjęciu od lewej do prawej: Heinz Linge, Martin Bormann, Julius Schaub, Hermann Göring, Bruno Loerzer, n/n.)English: 20 july attenat The view of destroyed interior of briefing room in Hiler's headquatter Wolfsschanze near Rastenburg (Ketrzyn) in East Prussia. (from left to right Heinz Linge, Martin Bormann, Julius Schaub, Hermann Göring, Bruno Loerzer, unknown.)
context_page_description: Jürgen Stroop was a German SS commander during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland. He led the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and wrote the Stroop Report, a book-length account of the operation. Following the defeat of Germany, Stroop was prosecuted during the Dachau Trials and convicted of murdering nine US prisoners of war. After his extradition to Poland, Stroop was tried, convicted, and executed for crimes against humanity.
context_section_description: According to Moczarski, no subject enraged Stroop more than the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler. Whenever the subject came up, Stroop cursed those involved, "in unprintable terms," as a "murderous band of generals and Jew-ridden civilians." Stroop blamed Germany's defeat on Germans: "A few weaklings poisoned by enemy agents and infected with subversive ideologies were all it took to undermine us. The minute we suffered military defeats, the cancerous elements in our society swung into action, organizing Mafias and creating 'patriotic discussion groups.' In the end, they destroyed our nation."
  Stroop proudly related his involvement in the purge of anti-Nazi Germans following the plot's failure. He expressed annoyance Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was allowed to commit suicide rather than being hanged from a meat hook. He also praised Roland Freisler of the Volksgerichtshof as "a fine judge." Stroop also boasted about his participation in dealing with Field Marshal Günther von Kluge for his involvement in the plot. As General Wilhelm Burgdorf did with Rommel, Stroop claimed to have offered the Field Marshal a choice between suicide and a show trial before Judge Freisler. To Stroop's outrage, Kluge demanded his day in court. Stroop then claimed he shot Kluge in the head. Himmler announced the Field Marshal was a suicide.
caption: The conference room at the Wolf's Lair after Claus von Stauffenberg's attempt on Hitler's life
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