1. Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was a German Nazi Reichstag deputy and SS-Obergruppenfuhrer who was the Higher SS and Police Leader in Breslau during World War II.
20 Facts About Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser attended volksschule there, and then realschule in Bayreuth.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser trained at the Military Academy in Hanover, was commissioned a Leutnant and fought in the First World War.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was engaged in combat on the western front with the 133rd and 183rd Infantry Regiments.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was promoted to Oberleutnant and served as a company commander.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was wounded three times in battle, including being gassed.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was decorated on multiple occasions, receiving the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class, the Silver Wound Badge, and the Knight's Cross of the Order of Albert with Swords.
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From 1919 to 1933, Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser worked in banking as a cashier in Zwickau.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser married in 1921, and had two children by his wife.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser joined the early Nazi Party in 1921, and was head of the Sturmabteilung in Zwickau.
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On 1 March 1930, Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser rejoined the Nazi Party.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser rejoined the SA at that time as an SA-Sturmfuhrer with Sturm 10 in Zwickau.
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On 14 October 1930, Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser transferred from the SA to the SS, entering with the rank of SS-Sturmbannfuhrer.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was considered one of the few ranking members of the SS trustworthy enough to be involved in the arrests and killings.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was present when SS-Brigadefuhrer Theodor Eicke and SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Michael Lippert murdered SA-Stabschef Ernst Rohm in his cell at Stadelheim prison.
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On 1 April 1936, Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was transferred from Munich to Nuremberg to take command of SS-Oberabschnitt "Main" and, on 20 April 1937, he was promoted to SS-Obergruppenfuhrer.
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Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser remained a faithful Nazi and a consummate technocrat.
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On 20 January 1945, Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser issued an order to murder the remaining inmates and destroy evidence of Operation Reinhard.
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On 10 February 1945, Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser was driving from Waldenburg in a convoy of several vehicles when he encountered some German troops near Altenrode.
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For unknown reasons, Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser did not heed their warnings and drove on.