Karl Schulz (SS member)

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Karl Paul Wilhelm Schulz (born September 9, 1902 in Eberswalde ; † October 8, 1984 in Mettmann ) was a German SS-Hauptsturmführer and head of the political department in Mauthausen concentration camp .

Life

The trained locksmith worked for the Cologne Criminal Police until 1939, most recently with the rank of criminal secretary. Since 1933 he was a supporting member of the SS . He joined the SS on May 1, 1937 (SS no. 400.037). In 1939 he volunteered as SS-Obersturmführer for service in the Mauthausen concentration camp.

On September 1, 1939, Schulz headed the Political Department in Mauthausen concentration camp, which took on the tasks of a branch of the Gestapo there . This department had four areas of responsibility. The department was the first point of contact for the new prisoners, where they were registered and assigned to the concentration camp. They were also interrogated here.

The Political Department also had the task of keeping statistics on the camp. After all, it should also take on the duties of a registry office. Schulz led this department with 31 members of the SS and twelve women as auxiliary workers from the vicinity of the camp. He himself lived with his wife and son near the concentration camp .

When the Allies approached the Mauthausen concentration camp, he fled to Czechoslovakia on the night of May 2nd to 3rd, 1945 with his lover Neugebauer, who worked as a typist in the camp . He left his family behind. Schulz exchanged his uniform and obtained new personal papers in the name of Karl Müller . Then he settled back in Cologne.

On March 13, 1956, he was arrested for the first time on charges of crimes in Mauthausen concentration camp, although his real surname was now changed to Schulze . The investigation dragged on for a long time, so he had to be released from custody. In 1966 a lawsuit (Az .: 124 KS 1/1966 (z) 40-9 / 66 LG) was brought before the Cologne Regional Court .

Schulz had to go there together with the former III. Responsible for protective custody camp leader Anton Streitwieser for his crimes committed in Mauthausen. The subject matter of the proceedings included the murder of thousands of concentration camp prisoners through mistreatment, gassing and shooting. In addition, the defendants were accused of participating in selection as part of Operation 14f13 and of killing captured American paratroopers in the quarry. The verdict was pronounced on October 30, 1967: Schulz received 15 years imprisonment for joint attempted murder in one case and accessory to murder in nine cases. Streitwieser was sentenced to life imprisonment and an additional seven years in prison for community murder in three cases and bodily harm resulting in death in two cases. In addition, Streitwieser's civil rights for life and Schulz's for ten years were revoked.

In the spring of 1968, after serving half of his prison sentence, Schulz was released from prison.

literature

  • Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-596-16048-0 .
  • Committee of the Anti-Fascist Resistance Fighters of the German Democratic Republic (ed.): Memo Ru A report on solidarity and resistance in the Mauthausen concentration camp from 1938 to 1945. Military publishing house of the GDR , Berlin 1979

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death register of the Mettmann registry office No. 384/1984.
  2. ^ Proceedings against Streitwieser and Schulze for judicial and Nazi crimes ( memento of the original from October 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.jur.uva.nl
  3. ↑ The persecution of the perpetrators ( Memento from September 7, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on mauthausen-memorial.at
  4. ↑ Christian Rabl : Mauthausen in front of the court: Post-war trials in international comparison . new academic press, Vien 2019, ISBN 978-3700321149 , p. 223.
personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Karl; Schulze; Schulz, Karl Paul Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German SS-Hauptsturmführer and head of the political department in Mauthausen concentration camp
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Eberswalde
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1984
Place of death Mettmann