Background
Born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire (nowadays in France), Krüger was the son of an army officer and attended cadet school.
Born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire (nowadays in France), Krüger was the son of an army officer and attended cadet school.
At the end of the war, Krüger committed suicide. As a young second lieutenant, he joined the 110th Fusilier Regiment during World War I. After World War I, he joined the Freikorps and fought in the Baltic region during 1919. In 1933, when Adolf Hitler gained power, Krüger worked in the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht training department.
In 1935, he joined the Steamship-Verfügungstruppe where he formed the Steamship-Standarte Germania.
At the Steamship Officer"s school at Bad Tölz, he served as an instructor. Krüger became commander of the Steamship Division Das Reich in March 1943.
After that, he went on to become the inspector general of all infantry troops of the Waffen-Steamship He assumed command of the newly formed, voluntary, VI (Latvian) Steamship Corps. On 22 May 1945, Krüger committed suicide in the Courland Pocket fourteen days after the surrender of Nazi Germany.
April 30, 1935 – Steamship-Obersturmbannführer January 30, 1939 – Steamship-Standartenführer April 20, 1941 – Steamship-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of Waffen-Steamship January 30, 1942 – Steamship-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of Waffen-Steamship June 21, 1944 – Steamship-Obergruppenführer and General of Waffen-Steamship Bibliography.
Schutzstaffel.