Hinrich Schuldt

Hinrich Schuldt
Hinrich Schuldt
Born	(1901-01-14)14 January 1901 Blankenese
Died	15 March 1944(1944-03-15) (aged 43) near Newel
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Reichsmarine Waffen SS
Years of service	1922–1944
Rank	Brigadeführer
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.

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 (Second Lieutenant) in 1926 and served on the battleship SMS Elsass. In 1933 he transferred to newly formed SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and took command of the 3rd company.

Notable decorations

• Wound Badge in Silver
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
• 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-Totenkopf-Regiment 4
  • 220th Oak Leaves on 2 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS-Brigade "Schuldt"
  • 56th Swords on 25 March 1944 (posthumously) as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 2. lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (29 February 1944)

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Berger, Florian (2000). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Wien, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Krätschmer, Ernst-Günther (1999). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS (in German). Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag GmbH. ISBN 3-920677-43-9.
• 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

• Hinrich Schuldt @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Hinrich Schuldt @ Ritterkreuzträger 1939–45

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) January 1944 – 15 March 1944	Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock