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Hinrich Schuldt

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Years of service
  
1922–44

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Service number
  
NSDAP #975,664

Rank
  
Brigadefuhrer

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Unit
  
SMS Elsass

Name
  
Hinrich Schuldt


Hinrich Schuldt

Born
  
14 January 1901 Blankenese, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (
1901-01-14
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Reichsmarine Waffen SS

Commands held
  
SS Brigade Schuldt 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)

Died
  
March 15, 1944, Newel, Germany

Hinrich Schuldt (14 January 1901 – 15 March 1944) was a high-ranking German SS commander during World War II. He was a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 October 1939) & 1st Class (October 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold on 21 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer in the SS-Bridage "Schuldt"
  • 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-Infanterie-Regiment 4 "Reichsführer-SS".
  • Oak Leaves on 2 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS Brigade Schuldt
  • Swords on 25 March 1944 (posthumously) as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 2. lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade

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