- Julian Scherner
Infobox Military Person
name= Julian Scherner
lived=birth date|1895|9|23|df=y — death date and age|1945|4|28|1895|9|23|df=y
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placeofbirth=Bagamoyo
placeofdeath=Niepołomice
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|GermanyWeimar Republic (to 1922)
flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
branch=
serviceyears=1932-1945
rank=SS-Oberführer
commands=SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 11 Reinhard Heydrich SS-Truppenübungsplatz Böhmen SS and Police Leader ofKraków
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battles=World War II
awards=EK II
War Merit Cross First Class with Swords
War Merit Cross Second Class with SwordsWound Badge Cross of Honor
laterwork=Julian Scherner (
September 23 ,1895 -April 28 ,1945 ) was aNazi Party official who served in the "Schutzstaffel " (SS) as an "SS-Oberführer ". Scherner is most notorious for his career asSS and Police Leader of Kraków,Poland .Scherner was the SS and police commander of Kraków at the time and as such oversaw and was responsible for all 'evacuations' that took place during his time there, including
Aktion Krakau . His position afforded him a great deal of authority in many areas, as the title of SS and Police Leader was conferred to high-ranking Nazi Party members, reporting directly to theHimmler 's deputy.He appeared before an SS Court on the 16th October 1944 and as a result he was demoted from SS-Oberführer der Reserve in the Waffen-SS to SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve. He was too much interested, like
Amon Göth , in the confiscated goods from thePlaszow camp [http://balsi.de/Weltkrieg/Biographien/Scherner-Julian.htm] . His Allgemeine-SS rank was not changed though.Schindler's List
In the film "
Schindler's List ", Julian Scherner's character was played by Polish actorAndrzej Seweryn .Oscar Schindler was carrying out his work in the area under Scherner's supervision, and the two knew each other formally. In the film he is portrayed as a cold and calculating man, if somewhat coarse, and the extent of their relationship is detailed in the movie.Summary of his military career
Dates of rank
* SS-Untersturmführer - July 31, 1933
* SS-Obersturmführer - December 24, 1933
* SS-Hauptsturmführer - March 1, 1934
* SS-Sturmbannführer - August 12, 1934
* SS-Obersturmbannführer - January 1, 1935
* SS-Standartenführer - January 30, 1936
* SS-Oberführer - September 12, 1937Notable decorations
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Iron Cross Second Class
*SS-Honour Ring
*War Merit Cross First Class with Swords
*War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords
*Cross of Honor
*Wound Badge in Black
*Honor Sword ofReichsführer SS
*Coburg Badge
*Blood Order References
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