German Forces

Franz Kutschera (1904-1944)

Franz Kutschera, war criminal, Nazi German SS General and commander of german police in occupied Warsaw, Poland during second world war. People called him executioner of Warsaw. Kutschera was sentenced to death by the secret Military Tribunal of the Polish Secret State for the crimes against Polish nation, in particular mass murders of civilians in occupied Warsaw. 01.02.1944 , 8:50 am 3 Poles from Polish Home Army (A.K. , Armia Krajowa) killed Kutschera by machine gun fire when was sitting in his car quickly blocked by a car driven by Poles. Place of action was beetwen general house and ss hq house. After action German Nazis murdered 300 Polish civilians but after they also: 1] stopped showing Nazi posters with names of people executed by Nazis (it was common phenomenon before Kutschera action) 2] German Nazis stopped murdering with witnesses in the city, but not stopped murdering outside in secret places. 3]Nazi German authorities published special orders for German army in Warsaw, for example they forbade their people to walking alone.