Georg Scholze

Georg Scholze (1943)

Georg Scholze (born August 21, 1897 in Löbau , † April 23, 1945 in Berlin-Wannsee ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

Scholze served as an officer in World War I and joined the army as a volunteer . After the war he resigned from the army and took his high school diploma. After 1923 he worked as a civil employee in the border guard of the Reichswehr. In 1934 he was accepted back into the army and appointed commander of several infantry regiments. At the beginning of 1945 he finally took over the 20th Panzer Grenadier Division .

Scholz's Panzer Division was encircled three days after his promotion to major general in Berlin-Wannsee. He then started suicide .

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
German cross in gold on December 24, 1941
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on February 17, 1943

Individual references / web links

↑ Henrik Eberle (ed.), Matthias Uhl (ed.): Das Buch Hitler . ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
^ Franz Kurowski: Elite Panzer Strike Force: Germany's Panzer Lehr Division in World War II , p. 222f. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
↑ Major General Georg Schulze. In: http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info . May 15, 2010, accessed February 10, 2019 .
↑ 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 .
↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 315 .

personal data
SURNAME	Scholze, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	August 21, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Löbau
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1945
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Henrik Eberle (ed.), Matthias Uhl (ed.): Das Buch Hitler . ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

[2] Franz Kurowski: Elite Panzer Strike Force: Germany's Panzer Lehr Division in World War II , p. 222f. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

[3] Major General Georg Schulze. In: http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info . May 15, 2010, accessed February 10, 2019 .

[Scherzer-4] 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 .

[5] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 315 .