August Schmidthuber

Infobox Military Person
name= August Schmidthuber
lived=birth date|1901|5|8|df=y — death date and age|1947|2|19|1901|5|8|df=y


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placeofbirth=Augsburg
placeofdeath=Belgrade (Executed)
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allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
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rank=SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
commands=SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 14 "Skanderberg"
21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian)
7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
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battles=World War II
awards=German Cross in Gold
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EK II
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August Schmidthuber was an SS-Brigadeführer of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen from 20 January 1944 to 8 May 1945. He was in Budapest at the end of the World War II. He was executed on February 27, 1947 by the Yugoslav government for his role in killing civilians of that country.

Raoul Wallenberg

Raoul Wallenberg convinced August to cancel deportations of Hungarian Jews to death camps by having his fascist ally, Pa'l Szalay, deliver a note to Schmidthuber where Wallenberg threatened to have him prosecuted for war crimes if the Jews were deported. This was just two days before the Russians liberated the concentration camps.

Nuremberg Trial

Friday, 30 August 1946:

I will remind you as well of the deposition given by the SS Major General August Schmidthuber, describing how, on the order of the commander of the 1st SS Battalion, SS-Hauptsturmführer Richard Kaaserer, peaceful citizens were locked up in a church in Krivaya Reka, and then the church building was blown up.

ummary of SS career

Dates of rank

* Gefreiter - October 1, 1922
* Unteroffizier - November 1, 1923
* Unterfeldwebel - April 1, 1926
* Oberfeldwebel - November 1, 1926
* SS-Obersturmführer - May 17, 1935
* SS-Hauptsturmführer - September 3, 1936
* SS-Sturmbannführer - January 30, 1939
* SS-Obersturmbannführer - June 21, 1941
* SS-Standartenführer - April 20, 1943
* SS-Oberführer - June 21, 1944
* SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS - January 30, 1945

Notable decorations

* German Cross in Gold - August 3, 1943
* Eastern Front Medal - ?
* Iron Cross Second Class - October 4, 1939
* Iron Cross First Class - November 11, 1939
* Sport Badge of SA in Gold (?)
* Wound Badge in Black (?)
* Infantry Assault Badge in silver(?)

References

*History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War p. 528, United Nations War Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948