Veit Scherzer

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Veit Scherzer (* 1959 ) is a German religious scholar , author , editor and publisher . His book Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 is one of the standard works on this subject.

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Veit Scherzer's stepfather, whom he was confronted with when he was 11, was a non-commissioned officer during World War II. Veit Scherzer worked as a self-employed optician until 1993 . In 1990 he founded “Scherzers Militaer-Verlag” in Bayreuth (first company names were “Scherzer's Militair-Verlag” and “Scherzers Militaire-Verlag”), which publishes works by Veit Scherzer and other authors on medals and decorations , uniforms and military history . The publishing house was based in Ranis from 1993 to 2011 . Since 2014 it has been operating under the name of "Verlag Veit Scherzer". The publisher has published the series German Troops in World War II since 2007 .

Until 2015, Veit Scherzer was a member of the German Committee for the History of the Second World War at the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr .

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Veit Scherzer published about thirty-five books and one hundred essays.

  • The Luftwaffe's bearers of the German Gold Cross 1941–1945. Scherzer's Militair-Verlag, Bayreuth 1992, ISBN 3-925480-10-2 .
  • German troops in World War 2. Volume 1. Scherzer's Militair-Verlag, Bayreuth 1993, ISBN 3-925480-16-1 .
  • The holder of the Commander in Chief of the Army for aircraft kills 1941-1945. Scherzer's Militair-Verlag, Ranis 1994.
  • (Ed.): U-668. The operations of a Northern Sea submarine. Patzwall, Norderstedt 1998, ISBN 3-931533-34-4 .
  • Development of the Waffen SS Brigades and Divisions 1939–1945. Scherzers Militaire-Verlag, Ranis 2003, ISBN 3-938392-97-5 .
  • List of commanders of the anti-aircraft artillery 1945. Scherzers Militaire-Verlag, Ranis 2005, ISBN 3-938845-01-5 .
  • The knight's cross bearers 1939–1945. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis.
  • (Ed.): The following knight's cross bearers have fallen. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis 2006, ISBN 3-938845-03-1 .
  • 113th Infantry Division. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-05-9 .
  • German troops in World War 2. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis.
  • with Klaus D. Patzwall : The German Cross 1941–1945. Patzwall, Norderstedt.
  • with Martin Terlaak: Without knight's cross and oak leaves. The experiences of a night fighter pilot 1940–1945. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis 2009, ISBN 978-3-938845-20-2 .
  • 46th Infantry Division. Crimea - Caucasus - Kuban bridgehead - Isjum - Jassy. Path and deployment of a Franconian-Sudeten German infantry division 1938–1945. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis 2009, ISBN 978-3-938845-19-6 .
  • The personnel losses of the German night fighter squadron 1940–1945. According to the squadron's official loss reports to the Reich Ministry of Aviation. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis 2010, ISBN 978-3-938845-21-9 .
  • (Ed.): Bowling and punching on the maneuver and field use of the German army. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Bayreuth 2012, ISBN 978-3-938845-41-7 .
  • The Wehrmacht's award system. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Bayreuth 2014, ISBN 978-3-938845-62-2 .
  • “I couldn't get enough of the service.” My stepfather, the sergeant Adolf R. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Bayreuth 2016, ISBN 978-3-938845-61-5 .
  • Himmler's military elite. The highly decorated members of the Waffen SS. Publishing house Veit Scherzer, Bayreuth.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Veit Scherzer: "I couldn't get enough of duty": My stepfather, the sergeant Adolf R., 2016 [1]
  2. ^ Works from the Veit Scherzer publishing house in the catalog of the German National Library
  3. ^ German troops in the Second World War in the German National Library
personal data
SURNAME Scherzer, Veit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious, author, editor and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth