Clemens Augustinus Emmanuel Joseph Pius Anthonius Hubertus Marie Graf von Galen, better known as Clemens August Graf von Galen, was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Catholic Chur
Portrait of Galen
Galen was one of 13 children born to an old aristocratic family in Burg Dinklage.
Clemens August (third from left) at age six
Galen in 1899 after a hunt
Jürgen Stroop
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Jürgen Stroop was a German SS commander and perpetrator of the Holocaust during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and Greece from 1942–1943 and 1943–1944. He held the
Clemens August Graf von Galen
…doctrines publicly, threatening the confiscation of Church property and an anti-Catholic propaganda campaign. One of them was the future SS General Jürgen Stroop, who later recalled, "Bishop von Galen was a great gentleman, a true aristocrat, a Renaissance prince of the Church. He welcomed us politely but with…
Stroop in 1945
1943 Jurgen Stroop signed document for his personal Infantry Badge received earlier.
Brigadefuhrer Jürgen Stroop (center, in a field cap) with his men in the burning of Warsaw Ghetto, 1943