Adelbert Schulz
Adelbert Schulz (born December 20, 1903 in Berlin ; † January 28, 1944 near Schepetowka , Soviet Union ) was a German officer , most recently major general and division commander of the Wehrmacht . His first name was often given as Adalbert even in the Wehrmacht, such as B. in the obituary in the Army Ordinance Gazette of February 25, 1944.
Life
Schulz graduated from high school in Berlin and then worked as a bank clerk . From 1923 to 1924 he attended the commercial college. He joined the police force in 1925 as a police candidate . In 1927 he was promoted to sergeant and in 1934 to police lieutenant. In October 1935, the Wehrmacht took him over as first lieutenant . He was employed as a company leader until June 1940 and took part in the invasions into Austria and the Sudetenland in 1938 .
In 1940 he was promoted to captain . In the western campaign against France in 1940 he was used in the 7th Panzer Division as the commander of a division . Here he and his company overran Belgian, French and British positions and enabled the breakthrough to Cherbourg on the English Channel. For this mission he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross .
In the section of Army Group Center , in the Klin area , Schulz defeated a superior Soviet force as a tank commander and covered the retreat of German troops and that of a field hospital with over 4,000 wounded. For this he was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves on December 31, 1941.
In January 1942 he was promoted to major . Since January 1943 he served in the rank of lieutenant colonel as commander of the 25th Panzer Regiment. On August 6, 1943 Schulz received the swords for the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and was promoted to colonel a little later .
On December 14th, Schulz was awarded the diamonds for the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords by radio and was ordered to be presented at the Fuehrer's headquarters . Schulz rejected this, however, on the grounds that a violent defensive battle was taking place on the Eastern Front and that he had no time for it. The award was presented to him on January 9, 1944 and he was promoted to major general and commander of the 7th Panzer Division with immediate effect .
Schulz was hit by shrapnel at the front and succumbed to his wounds a little later. On January 30, 1944, the death of Adelbert Schulz was announced in the Wehrmacht report with the words: “In these battles at the head of his division, the commander of a tank division, who a few days ago was awarded the highest honor of a tank division by the Führer, Major General Schulz, was killed. With him the army loses one of its best officers, the armored weapon an exemplary commander. "
Others
In May 2018 at a were auction by auction house Andreas Thies Nürtingen in Kirchheim unter Teck four Orders with of Adolf Hitler signed award certificates from the estate auctioned by Schulz.
A collector from German-speaking countries paid 1,100,000 euros for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, with oak leaves to the Knight's Cross, and swords and diamonds. This was one of the highest auction results for military medals in the world.
Honors
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves, swords and diamonds
- Knight's Cross on September 29, 1940
- Oak leaves on December 31, 1941 (47th award)
- Swords on August 6, 1943 (33rd award)
- Diamonds on December 14, 1943 (9th award)
From 1977 to 2019 the Bundeswehr barracks "Schulz-Lutz" in Munster was named after him.
literature
- Wolfgang Keilig : The Generals of the Army 1939–1945 . Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1983, ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The reports of the High Command of the Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Volume V 1.1.1944-9.5.1945 , Verlag für Wehrwissenschaften München, Cologne 2004. P. 33
- ^ [1] Homepage auction house Andreas Thies Nürtingen
- ↑ Volker A. Behr: Record prices for collectibles. Military & History April / May 2019: 68-69.
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 690.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulz, Adelbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schulz, Adalbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently major general and division commander in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1944 |
| Place of death | Shepetovka Soviet Union |