Fritz-Rudolf Schultz

Fritz-Rudolf Schultz
Born	(1917-02-19)19 February 1917 Munich
Died	2 March 2002(2002-03-02) (aged 85) Gau-Bischofsheim
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1935–1938, 1939–1945
Rank	Major
Commands held	Panzer-Regiment 35
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Great Cross of Merit
Other work	Politician

Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (19 February 1917 – 2 March 2002) was a German politician and member of the FDP.

Schultz fought in World War II as a member of the Panzertruppe. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves which he received from Heinrich Himmler personally in Trossingen.

After the war he initially worked on his parents vineyard in Gau-Bischofsheim. He became a member of the German Bundestag and 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
  • 636th Oak Leaves on 28 October 1944 as Major and leader of Panzer-Regiment 35

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall (in German). ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2300-3.

External links

• "Fritz-Rudof Schultz". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012. 
• "Fritz-Rudof Schultz". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2012.