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Fritz Rudolf Schultz

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Role
  
German Politician

Commands held
  
Panzer-Regiment 35

Party
  
Free Democratic Party


Other work
  
Politician

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Fritz-Rudolf Schultz

Rank
  
Major

Fritz-Rudolf Schultz FritzRudolf Schultz YouTube

Born
  
19 February 1917 Munich (
1917-02-19
)

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa

Died
  
March 2, 2002, Gau-Bischofsheim, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, World War II

Years of service
  
1935–38, 1939–45

Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (19 February 1917 – 2 March 2002) was a German politician and member of the FDP. During World War II, Schultz served in the Wehrmacht as an officer and regimental commander. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

After the war Schultz initially worked on his parents vineyard in Gau-Bischofsheim. He became a member of the German Bundestag and was elected Ombudsman for the Military (Wehrbeauftragter) on 11 March 1970. He held this office until 19 March 1975.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (29 September 1939) & 1st Class (1 September 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1943 as Hauptmann in the I./Panzer-Regiment 35
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 21 April 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserve and commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 35
  • Oak Leaves on 28 October 1944 as Major and leader of Panzer-Regiment 35
  • References

    Fritz-Rudolf Schultz Wikipedia