Date of birth:

August 21st, 1897 (Löbau/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

April 23rd, 1945 (Berlin-Wannsee/Berlin, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur II./Infanterie-Regiment (mot) 900

Awarded on:

December 24th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur Lehr-Regiment 901 (mot)

Awarded on:

February 26th, 1943

Awarded for his actions in early 1943. Scholze and his Regiment distinguished themselves during the defense of the village of Strelzowka at the start of January 1943, and would later succeed in freeing the encircled Kampfgruppen von Göller and Tyroller.

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  - SCHINDLER, M., Ritterkreuzträger aus Sachsen 1939-1945, Adoria-Verlag, 2019.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht