Date of birth:

July 15th, 1893 (Schwarzenbeck bei Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

September 13th, 1941 (Luga/Leningrad Oblast, Soviet Union)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 401.321 // NSDAP-Nr.: 1.864.343

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
18.04.1913: Fähnrich
22.03.1914: Leutnant
01.10.1919: char. Oberleutnant und Polizei-Oberleutnant
00.00.1921: Polizeihauptmann
01.01.1925: Polizeimajor
06.04.1934: Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei
08.01.1940: SS-Bewerber
30.01.1940: Oberst der Schutzpolizei
20.04.1940: SS-Standartenführer - RDA 01.01.1940
11.09.1941: SS-Oberführer
12.09.1941: SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei (posthumously)

Career:
00.08.1912-00.10.1919: Freiwilliger, Fahnenjunker, Infanterie-Regiment 163, Schleswig-Holstein, 81. Infanterie-Brigade
00.05.1913-22.03.1914: Fähnrich, Kriegsschule Metz
01.08.1914-00.00.1919: Leutnant, 5. Kompanie, Schleswig-Holsteinische Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 163, 81. Infanterie-Brigade
00.10.1919: retired as Oberleutnant
00.00.1920: Polizeioberleutnant, Schutzmannschaft, Polizei in Hamburg
01.05.1933: entered the NSDAP
00.00.1933: Polizeimajor, Abschnitts-Kommandeur, Landespolizei Hamburg
06.04.1934: Oberstleutnant der Landespolizei, Ia, Kommandostab, Schutzpolizei Hamburg
15.03.1935: Oberstleutnant der Landespolizei, transferred from the Schutzpolizei to the Landespolizei, Hamburg
01.10.1935-00.10.1936: Major, Kdr, Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 47, Hamburg
00.10.1936-30.04.1938: Major, Stabsoffizier, WBK Dortmund
01.05.1938: Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei, Gruppen-Kommandeur, Gruppe West, und Kdr, Ausbildungs-Abteilung, und, Chef des Stabes, Schutzpolizei Hamburg
03.10.1939-09.09.1941: Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei, Kdr, SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 2, SS-Polizei-Division
01.01.1940: joined the SS as SS-Standartenführer
09.09.1941-11.09.1941: severely WIA at Krasnowardeisk and evacuated to the Feldlazarett 1/522 in Nikolajewka
13.09.1941: DOW near Luga

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

June 15th, 1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 163

Awarded on:

August 30th, 1918

other sources give 30.08.1916

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

1935

Awarded on:

1936

Awarded on:

1936

Awarded on:

1936

Awarded on:

1936

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

August 24th, 1938

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Standartenführer / Oberst der Schutzpolizei

Unit:

Kdr, SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 2, SS-Polizei-Division

Awarded on:

June 13th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Standartenführer / Oberst der Schutzpolizei

Unit:

Kdr, SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 2, SS-Polizei-Division

Awarded on:

June 14th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Standartenführer / Oberst der Schutzpolizei (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 2, SS-Polizei-Division, AOK 4. Panzer-Gruppe, Heeresgruppe Nord

Awarded on:

September 11th, 1941

Hans-Christian Schulze was a regimental commander in the SS-Polizei Division during operation Barbarossa. In August 1941 the Division was tasked with the capture of the city of Luga and the surrounding area (which lay on the road to Leningrad), and the assault began on the 10th of that month. The battle turned into a very bloody fight for the Division, with many of its soldiers dying in the battle including the divisional commander, General Mulverstadt. Finally, the Division was ready to attack Luga itself on the 23.08.1941. Schulze’s Regiment attacked right down the middle towards the city centre, with Schulze himself leading from the front. When his Fegiment had to cross the main bridge over the river Luga, Schulze went so far as to remove some of the demolition charges on the bridge personally! By the evening of the second day his Regiment had completed the capture of the city. It is presumed that his Knight’s Cross stemmed from this action.

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• Photo 2:
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - MOONEY, PETER, Waffen-SS Knights and their Battles, Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008.
  - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
  - Verordnungsblatt der Waffen-SS, 15 oktober 1941, Nr. 19