Erwin Schulz information

Erwin Schulz
Erwin Schulz
	Schulz's mugshot after his indictment for the Nuremberg Military Tribunal (July 1947)
Born	Erwin Wilhelm Schulz; 27 November 1900; Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	11 November 1981 (aged 80); Bremen, West Germany
Criminal status	Deceased
Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	Crimes against humanity; War crimes; Membership in a criminal organization
Trial	Einsatzgruppen trial
Criminal penalty	20 years imprisonment; commuted to 15 years imprisonment
Details
Victims	Hundreds
Span of crimes	July – August 1941
Country	Ukraine and Russia
Military career
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Imperial German Army; Schutzstaffel
Years of service	1918–1919; 1935–1945
Rank	SS-Brigadeführer
Unit	Einsatzgruppe C
Commands held	Einsatzkommando 5

Erwin Wilhelm Schulz (27 November 1900 – 11 November 1981) was a German member of the Gestapo and the SS in Nazi Germany. He was the leader of Einsatzkommando 5, part of Einsatzgruppe C, which was attached to the Army Group South during the planned invasion of Soviet Union in 1941, and operated in the occupied territories of south-eastern Poland and Ukrainian SSR committing mass killings of civilian population, mostly men of Jewish ethnicity, under the command of SS-Brigadeführer Otto Rasch.^[1]

Schulz's case was notable for demonstrating that service in the Einsatzgruppen was voluntary. He did not volunteer for the job, nor did he turn it down. Previously, he'd expressed opposition to mass shootings. Under orders, however, Schulz, despite "serious misgivings," participated in the massacres of Jewish men.^[2] After being ordered to kill Jewish women and children, he protested. When he was unable to get the order retracted, he asked if he could stop. The request was granted within days, with him being discharged on the orders of Reinhard Heydrich himself. Schulz not only faced no consequences for stopping, but was promoted shortly after. By the end of the war, he'd reached the rank of Brigadeführer, the SS equivalent of a brigadier general.^[3]^[4]

^ N.M.T. (1945). "Trials of War Criminals before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals" (PDF direct download). Volume IV : "The Einsatzgruppen Case" complete, 1210 pages. Nuremberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10. pp. 542–543 in PDF (518–519 in original document). Retrieved 1 March 2015. With N.M.T. commentary to testimony of Erwin Schulz (pp. 165–167 in PDF).
^ Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Klee, Ernst; Dressen, Willi; Riess, Volker (1991). 'The Good Old Days': The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders. Free Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-0-02-917425-8.
^ "Tonbandmitschnitt des 1. Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozesses". www.auschwitz-prozess.de. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[NMT543-1] N.M.T. (1945). "Trials of War Criminals before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals" (PDF direct download). Volume IV : "The Einsatzgruppen Case" complete, 1210 pages. Nuremberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law No. 10. pp. 542–543 in PDF (518–519 in original document). Retrieved 1 March 2015. With N.M.T. commentary to testimony of Erwin Schulz (pp. 165–167 in PDF).

[:3-2] Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:0-3] Klee, Ernst; Dressen, Willi; Riess, Volker (1991). 'The Good Old Days': The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders. Free Press. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-0-02-917425-8.

[:1-4] "Tonbandmitschnitt des 1. Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozesses". www.auschwitz-prozess.de. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

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Erwin Schulz
Schulz's mugshot after his indictment for the Nuremberg Military Tribunal (July 1947)
Born	Erwin Wilhelm Schulz (1900-11-27)27 November 1900 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	11 November 1981(1981-11-11) (aged 80) Bremen, West Germany
Criminal status	Deceased

Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	Crimes against humanity War crimes Membership in a criminal organization
Trial	Einsatzgruppen trial
Criminal penalty	20 years imprisonment; commuted to 15 years imprisonment
Details
Victims	Hundreds
Span of crimes	July – August 1941
Country	Ukraine and Russia


Military career
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Imperial German Army Schutzstaffel
Years of service	1918–1919 1935–1945
Rank	SS-Brigadeführer
Unit	Einsatzgruppe C
Commands held	Einsatzkommando 5