Rudolf Kröning

Rudolf Kröning (born February 18, 1903 in Darmstadt , † March 24, 1971 in Trento ) was a German senior government councilor and SS leader in the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA).

Life

After attending school, Kröning studied law . He completed his studies with a doctorate to become a Dr. jur. from.

In the 1930s, Kröning became a member of the SS (SS no. 357.092). From 1938 he worked in the SS main office. In 1940 he moved to the Reich Security Main Office , where he took over Section II B 4 (fundamental issues for foreign police and border security) in Department B in Office Group II. In this capacity he was responsible for handling the affairs of foreigners living in the German Reich . He was also significantly involved in the civilian exchange campaigns during the war, which also included so-called " exchange Jews ". Kröning, who achieved the rank of senior government councilor as a civil servant , cooperated with Adolf Eichmann . On June 21, 1944, Kröning was promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer.

After the end of the Second World War , Kröning was later President of the Senate at the Regional Social Court in Mainz . A case against him for involvement of the RSHA in the final solution and admissions to concentration camps for the purpose of killing was dropped in 1966.

literature

Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945 . 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 342.
↑ Alexandra-Eileen Wenck: Between human trafficking and the “final solution” - The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Paderborn 2000, ISBN 3-506-77511-1 , pp. 56/57.
^ Sebastian Weitkamp: Brown diplomats: Horst Wagner and Eberhard von Thadden as functionaries of the "Final Solution" , 2007, p. 189.
↑ Edition Temmen: Help or Trade? Rescue efforts for victims of Nazi persecution , 2007, p. 62.

personal data
SURNAME	Kröning, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Higher Government Council and SS leader
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 1971
Place of death	Trent

[Klee342-1] Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 342.

[2] Alexandra-Eileen Wenck: Between human trafficking and the “final solution” - The Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Paderborn 2000, ISBN 3-506-77511-1 , pp. 56/57.

[3] Sebastian Weitkamp: Brown diplomats: Horst Wagner and Eberhard von Thadden as functionaries of the "Final Solution" , 2007, p. 189.

[4] Edition Temmen: Help or Trade? Rescue efforts for victims of Nazi persecution , 2007, p. 62.