 When Kroenen awakened from suspended animation with his fellow Project Ragna Rok members Ilsa Haupstein and Leopold Kurtz in 1994 by Roderick Zinco, he sent Zinco to Brazil to retrieve von Klempt's head.Once revived, von Klempt tried convincing Kroenen to abandon Rasputin's plan to awaken the Ogdru Jahad, and instead use Zinco's resources to retrieve von Klempt's projects in South America, which he promised could let them rule the world.Overhearing, Kurtz began attacking von Klempt's head, and Kroenen stabbed Kurtz in a panic.