Fritz-Rudolf Schultz

Infobox Military Person
name=Fritz-Rudolf Schultz
born=birth date|1917|2|19|df=y
died=death date and age|2002|3|2|1917|2|19|df=y


caption=
placeofbirth=Munich
placeofdeath=Gau-Bischofsheim
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
serviceyears=1935-1938, 1939-1945
branch=Heer
rank=Major
commands= Panzer-Regiment 35
unit=
battles=World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Battle of France
*Operation Barbarossa
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Great Cross of Merit
laterwork=Politician

Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (19 February 1917 – 2 March 2002) was a German politician and member of the FDP.

Schultz fought in World War II as a member of the Panzertruppe. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves which he received from Heinrich Himmler personally in Trossingen.

After the war he initially worked on his parents vineyard in Gau-Bischofsheim. He became a member of the German Bundestag and elected Ombudsman for the Military ("Wehrbeauftragter") on 11 March 1970. He held this office until 19 March 1975.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1939), second and first class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (21 April 1944)
** 636. Oak Leaves (28 October 1944)
* German Cross in Gold (26 December 1943)

References

* Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (2000), "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5