Early Life
Born the son of a miner in Hindenburg (Zabrze), Province of Upper Silesia, Kroll was the 6th of 9 children. He was a weak child and used to wet the bed. His education was poor, only reaching Grade 3 (psychiatrists found he had an IQ of 76).
After the end of World War II, in which his father had become a prisoner of war, Kroll's family moved to North Rhine-Westphalia.
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