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Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg (March 17, 1897 – September 20, 1943) was an SS-Oberführer
Oberführer

Oberf?hrer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as ?Senior Leader?, an Oberf?hrer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region....
 (senior Colonel
Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
) and the SS and Police Leader
SS and Police Leader

SS and Police Leader was a title for senior National Socialist German Workers Party officials that commanded large units of the Schutzstaffel during and prior to World War II....
 of the Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
 area since 1941. He was in charge of the first offensive
Offensive

Offensive may refer to:* Offensive , a political party* Offensive , an attack...
 operation in the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the History of the Jews in Poland insurgency that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in Occupation of Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the Treblinka extermination camp....
 on April 19, 1943.

After the failed offensive, von Sammern-Frankenegg was replaced by Jürgen Stroop
Jürgen Stroop

J?rgen Stroop, was a Germany SS and police general who oversaw the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II....
, court-martial
Court-martial

A court-martial is a military court. These military courts can determine punishments for members of the military subject to military law who are found guilty or may dismiss the charges based on the evidence and the case presented....
ed on April 24, 1943, and found guilty of "defending Jews". He was subsequently transferred to Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
 where in September he was killed in a Yugoslav partisan ambush
Ambush

An ambush is a long-established military tactics, in which the aggressors use concealment to attack a passing enemy. Ambushers strike from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops....
 near the city of Klasznic.








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Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg (March 17, 1897 – September 20, 1943) was an SS-Oberführer
Oberführer

Oberf?hrer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as ?Senior Leader?, an Oberf?hrer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region....
 (senior Colonel
Colonel

Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country in the world. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures....
) and the SS and Police Leader
SS and Police Leader

SS and Police Leader was a title for senior National Socialist German Workers Party officials that commanded large units of the Schutzstaffel during and prior to World War II....
 of the Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
 area since 1941. He was in charge of the first offensive
Offensive

Offensive may refer to:* Offensive , a political party* Offensive , an attack...
 operation in the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the History of the Jews in Poland insurgency that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in Occupation of Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the Treblinka extermination camp....
 on April 19, 1943.

After the failed offensive, von Sammern-Frankenegg was replaced by Jürgen Stroop
Jürgen Stroop

J?rgen Stroop, was a Germany SS and police general who oversaw the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation of Poland in World War II....
, court-martial
Court-martial

A court-martial is a military court. These military courts can determine punishments for members of the military subject to military law who are found guilty or may dismiss the charges based on the evidence and the case presented....
ed on April 24, 1943, and found guilty of "defending Jews". He was subsequently transferred to Croatia
Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
 where in September he was killed in a Yugoslav partisan ambush
Ambush

An ambush is a long-established military tactics, in which the aggressors use concealment to attack a passing enemy. Ambushers strike from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops....
 near the city of Klasznic.

Sources

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