Harald Schultz Explained

Harald Schultz
Birth Place:	Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Riga, Latvia)
Death Place:	Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
Allegiance:	(1915-1918) Latvia (1919-1936) (1939-1945)
Branch:	Army
Rank:	Generalmajor (Wehrmacht)
Commands:	24th Infantry Division
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Harald Schultz (; 10 November 1895 – 15 March 1957) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Schultz surrendered to the Soviet forces in the Courland Pocket in 1945. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

• German Cross in Gold on 21 February 1944 as Oberst in Artillerie-Regiment 205
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 April 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of 24. Infanterie-Division

Citations and references

Cited sources

• Book: 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 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8 .
• Book: 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 . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2 .