Some information on this officer, posted for no particular reason.

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~ Mike



Richard Schulze
[changed name to Schulz-Kossens postwar]
SS-Obersturmbannführer der Waffen-SS


* 02.10.1914 in Berlin-Spandau.
+ 03.07.1988 in Düsseldorf.

NSDAP-Nr.: [No Nr. given in the SS-DAL of 01.10.1944, nor in his SS file, however Mark C. Yerger states- in Waffen-SS Commanders – Krüger toZimmermann- that he joined the Party 01.05.1937]
SS-Nr.: 264 059 (Joined 09.11.1934)

Promotions:
09.11.1934 SS-Anwärter
01.04.1935 SS-Junker
09.11.1935 SS-Standartenjunker
10.02.1936 SS-Standartenoberjunker
20.04.1936 SS-Untersturmführer
09.11.1938 SS-Obersturmführer
01.08.1940 SS-Hauptsturmführer der Waffen-SS
24.02.1943 SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS
09.11.1944 SS-Obersturmbannführer der Waffen-SS

Career:
ca. 1920 – ca. 1923 Attended 3 classes of Volksschule.
ca. 1923 – ca. 1933 Attended Gymnasium (Graduated Oberprima and passed his Abitur).
00.00.1931 Joined the Hitler-Jugend.
09.11.1934 - 27.11.1934 Joined the SS, assigned to 6.SS-Standarte (Base: Berlin).
27.11.1934 Transferred to the Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler".
27.11.1934 – 31.03.1935 Attended a Führeranwärter-Lehrgang at Jüterbog.
01.04.1935 – 10.02.1936 Attended the second class at SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz.
10.02.1936 – 31.03.1936 Participated in a Zugführerlehrgang at Dachau.
01.04.1936 – 01.03.1937 Assigned as a Zugführer to II.Sturmbann / SS-Totenkopfstandarte "Elbe" (Base: Lichtenberg).
01.03.1937 - 10.07.1937 Assigned to Stab / SS-Totenkopverbände as Adjutant to SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Eicke.
01.05.1937 Joined the NSDAP.
10.07.1937 – 15.11.1938 Adjutant of 3.SS-Totenkopfstandarte "Thüringen".
24.09.1938 – 22.12.1938 Temporarily attached to VII.Armee-Korps (HQ: München).
15.11.1938 – 01.04.1939 Assigned as a Hundertschaftsführer (= Kompanieführer) to 3.SS-Totenkopfstandarte “Thüringen”.
01.04.1939 – 08.06.1939 Attached to the Stab / SS-Hauptamt as Adjutant to Chef SS-Hauptamt (SS-Obergruppenführer August Heissmeyer).
08.06.1939 – 26.02.1940 Attached to the Stab / SS-Hauptamt as Adjutant to the Reichsaussenminister (Reich Foreign Minister [Joachim von Ribbentrop]).
26.02.1940 Returned to duty with the Leibstandarte-SS “Adolf Hitler”.
00.04.1940 - 11.06.1940 Zugführer in 2.Kompanie / Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler".
11.06.1940 – 18.06.1940 Chef of 2.Kompanie / Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler". Succeeded the wounded Ernst Meyer. Participated in the Western Campaign, May/June 1940.
18.06.1940 – 01.08.1940 Returned to service as Adjutant to the Reichsaussenminister.
01.08.1940 – 16.08.1941 Returned to duty with the Leibstandarte-SS “Adolf Hitler”, again assigned as Chef 2.Kompanie, and for a time as stellv. Bataillons-Führer I.Bataillon / Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler". Participated in the Balkan Campaign, April 1941, and the first Russian Campaign, June 1941 – August 1941).
16.08.1941 Wounded in action (grenade splinter in right forearm / bullet in left upper arm).
01.10.1941 - 00.10.1942 Ordonannanz-Offizer to Hitler.
29.10.1942 - 00.11.1943 Persönlicher Adjutant to the Führer.
20.11.1943 - 00.07.1944 Assigned as Taktiklehrerm, “Sturmbannführer im Stabe”, and Lehrgruppen-Kommandeur (teaching group
leader for training of “Germanic” officer candidates) at SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz.
25.07.1944 - 00.12.1944 Returned to duty at Führerhauptquartier.
06.12.1944 - 00.01.1945 Kommandeur of II.Bataillon / SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25 / 12.SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend" (in
the Ardennes Offensive).
00.01.1945 - 00.03.1945 Kommandeur of SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz. Succeeded Fritz Klingenberg.
00.03.1945 - 00.04.1945 Kommandeur of 38.SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nibelungen" (formation ordered 27.03.1945). Succeeded
by Heinz Lammerding.

Postwar Confinement:
Captured by Allied troops, ca. 05.1945, then interned in 13 POW camps. He testified as a witness before the International Military Tribunal, Nürnberg, and following his release from Allied custody, changed his name to Schulze-Kossens.

Published Works:
"Die Junkerschulen, Militärischer Führernachwuchs der Waffen-SS", Munin Verlag 1982.
"Europäische Freiwillige im Bild", Munin Verlag, 1986 (with Heinz Ertel)

Decorations & Awards:
26.12.1941 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as SS-Hauptsturmführer (for earlier command of 2.Kompanie / I.Bataillon /
Leibstandarte-SS “Adolf Hitler”, Eastern Front; Personally presented by Div. Kdr. "Sepp" Dietriich at Führer HQ)
00.00.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
07.06.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
ca. 1943 Nahkampfspange I. Stufe (Bronze)
ca. 1940 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze
00.00.1941 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
00.00.19__ Goldenes Hitler-Jugend Ehrenzeichen
[01.12.1937] Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Bronze
[01.12.1937] SA-Sportabzeichen in Bronze
00.00.19__ Abzeichen der Deutschen Lebensrettungsgesellschaft- DLRG- in Bronze
00.00.19__ Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
00.00.19__ Totenkopfring der SS
00.00.19__ Julleuchter der SS
ca. 1942 Military Order for Bravery in War 4th Class (1st Grade)(Bulgaria)
11.06.1942 Order of the Cross of Liberty 4th Class (Finland)

Notes:
* Married after the war.
* Religion: Declared himself “gottgläubig”, 00.00.19__.
* Older brother of SS-Obersturmführer Hans-Georg Schulze (* 11.09.1917 in Berlin / + 27.07.1941 [KIA at Wlaschin, Russia while serving with 1.Kompanie / Leibstandarte-SS “Adolf Hitler“; SS-Nr. 270 844).

Here's the letterhead he used while a member of Hitler's Adjutantur.

And here's his autograph.

Very interesting Michael. He was a brave and capable officer. I remember seeing him being interviewed for the (I think) World at War series. In his interview he subtly let it be known that, even after the passing of so many years, he still believed in the mission of the Waffen-SS.

Do you know why he changed his last name?