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Schulzer, Johann (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
May 31st, 1918 (Sankt Donat/Carinthia, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
January 3rd, 1983 (Friesach/Carinthia, Austria)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 390.644 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Biography

00.00.1932-00.00.1935: Hitlerjugend
00.04.1935: escaped to Germany
00.07.1935-00.03.1936: craft school in Cologne
00.11.1936: entered the SS, LSSAH, SS-Regiment "Deutschland"
00.10.1939: SS-Division "Reich"
00.11.1940-00.02.1941: SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
20.04.1941: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
00.04.1941: SS-Division "Das Reich"
09.11.1943: promoted to SS-Obersturmführer
20.11.1943: NKSiG
26.09.1944: DKiG
09.11.1944: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 19th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kompaniechef, 5. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 'Der Führer', 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich'
Awarded on:
November 20th, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Kompaniechef, 5. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4, 2. SS-Panzer-Division
Awarded on:
September 26th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1:
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht.
    - Dörr M., Die träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold, Heer- Luftwaffe- Waffen-SS 1943-1945, Biblio Verlag Bisendorf, 2006.

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