Hinrich Schuldt

Hinrich Schuldt
SS-Standartenführer Hinrich Schuldt
Born	14 January 1901 Blankenese, German Empire
Died	15 March 1944 (aged 43) near Newel, Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1922–44
Rank	Brigadeführer
Service number	NSDAP #975,664
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)

Hinrich Schuldt (14 January 1901 – 15 March 1944) was a German Waffen-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)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 21 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer in the SS-Bridage "Schuldt"^[2]
• 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".^[3]
  • 220th Oak Leaves on 2 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS-Brigade "Schuldt"^[4] also Kampfgruppe "Schuld": I./SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 1 and VII./Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler^[3]
  • 56th Swords on 25 March 1944 (posthumously) as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 2. lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade^[5]
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 29 February 1944

References

Citations

1. Thomas 1998, p. 296.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 427.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 688.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 67.
5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 42.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.
• Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 3, 1 January 1944 to 9 May 1945] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.