Hinrich Schuldt Military person

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.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 14, 1901
Birth place
Blankenese
Date of deathMarch 15, 1944
Place of death
Newel

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Military person

allegiance
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
World War II
military branch
Waffen-SS
military command
19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
SS Brigade Schuldt
military unit
SMS Elsass
service start1922
service end1944

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External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SchuldtH.htm
  2. http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Waffen-SS/S/Schuldt-Hinrich.htm