Fritz-Rudolf Schultz

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Fritz-Rudolf Schultz
19 February 1917(1917-02-19) – 2 March 2002 (aged 85)
Place of birth	Munich
Place of death	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 faught 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.

[edit] Awards

• Iron Cross (1939), second and first class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross (21 April 1944)
  • 636. Oak Leaves (28 October 1944)
• German Cross in Gold (26 December 1943)

[edit] References

• Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (2000), Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5

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