Hinrich Schuldt
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Hinrich Schuldt
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SS-Standartenführer Hinrich Schuldt
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Born | Blankenese, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
14 January 1901
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. near Newel, Rhine Province, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany |
Allegiance | Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Reichsmarine Waffen SS |
Years of service | 1922–44 |
Rank | Brigadeführer |
Service number | NSDAP #975,664 |
Unit | SMS Elsass |
Commands held | SS Brigade Schuldt 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (posthumously) |
SS-Brigadeführer Hinrich Schuldt (14 January 1901 – 15 March 1944) was a German Waffen-SS officer and a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was killed in action by an anti-tank shell.(Needs elaboration or correction: how could he get killed in action by an anti tank shell at that location at that time, where there was no military action)
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Career
Hinrich Schuldt was born on 14 January 1901 in Blankenese, Hamburg. He joined the military service in the Reichsmarine in 1922 as an officer candidate. He was promoted to Leutnant zur See (Sub-lieutenant, Ensign) in 1926 and served on the battleship Elsass. In 1933 he transferred to newly formed SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and took command of the 3rd company.
Awards
- Wound Badge in Silver
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
- Iron Cross (1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 21 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer in the SS-Bridage "Schuldt"[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 5 April 1942 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Totenkopf-Regiment 4[3][Note 1]
- 220th Oak Leaves on 2 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS-Brigade "Schuldt"[5] also Kampfgruppe "Schuld": I./SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 1 and VII./Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler[4]
- 56th Swords on 25 March 1944 (posthumously) as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 2. lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade[6]
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 29 February 1944
Wehrmachtbericht reference
Date | Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording | Direct English translation |
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29 February 1944 | Bei den schweren Abwehrkämpfen im Nordabschnitt der Ostfront hat sich die 2. Lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade unter Führung des Eichenlaubträgers SS-Oberführer Schuldt und ihres lettischen Infanterieführers, des Ritterkreuzträgers Standartenführer Weiß [sic], besonders ausgezeichnet.[7] | In heavy defensive combat in the northern sector of the Eastern Front, the 2nd Latvian SS-Volunteer-Brigade led by Oak Leaves bearer SS-Oberführer Schuldt and their Latvian infantry officer, the Knight's Cross bearer Standartenführer Weiß, have especially distinguished themselves. |
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Preceded by
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Commander of 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) January 1944 – 15 March 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock |
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- SS-Brigadeführer
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Military personnel referenced in the Wehrmachtbericht
- People from Hamburg
- People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- Reichsmarine personnel
- Waffen-SS personnel