Heinrich Krüger

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☨ Heinrich Krüger
Profession	zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Dead	1883-01-28

Residence
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	elephant keeper -1883
Location	at Berlin Zoo in Germany

Biography details

Heinrich Krüger , zoo elephant keeper in Germany

Krüger was born * ? dead 1883-01-28 .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Rostom (Rustum) (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

1883-01-28: elephant keeper Heinrich Krüger fatal attack by Rostom (Rustum). Rostom killed the zookeeper Heinrich Krüger, who were cleaning the stable, and walked over Rostom's hay. Rostom pushed him with his right tusk (he didn't have a left tusk) into a stable wall and squeezed him. Heinrich Krüger † Heinrich Krüger Died 1883-01-28

1883-01-28: Rostom killed the zookeeper Heinrich Krüger, who were cleaning the stable, and walked over Rostom's hay. Rostom pushed him with his right tusk (he didn't have a left tusk) into a stable wall and squeezed him. His body was taken to his home in Charlottenburg where his wife and seven children could take farewell.

Heinrich Krüger is mentioned on 1 other person pagesUnknown Brauer,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Heinrich Krüger in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3404. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/166/1667737142.pdf

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