As the highest commander in charge he looked after the execution of Aktion Erntefest ( Harvest Festival , pol . dożynki ) in district of Lublin , when during 1 day in November 1943 SS , Order Police and the Ukrainian '' Sonderdienst '' shot to death in mass killings more than 83,000 Jews . Krüger 's '' soldiers '' , hand in hand with Order Police , Einsatzgruppen and Wehrmacht were conducting during a few years time , the genocide program of quelling guerrilla activity , so-called : " anti-partisan " fighting in the General Government . During these operations , which meant to be against Polish '' bandits '' , as the Germans called partisans , the murders of women and children were carried out on a daily basis . For a help given to the partisans by local farmers and their families , the entire villages were burnt to the ashes with all inhabitants
Aktion Erntefest
Aktion Erntefest
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger