(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Karl-Lothar Schulz
Born: 30 Apr 1907 in K�nigsberg, Prussia (Preu�en)
Died: 26 Sep 1972 in Wiesbaden
Promotions:
Polizei-Wachtmeister (01 Apr 1927); Polizei-Oberwachtmeister (01 Aug 1930); Polizei-Leutnant (20 Apr 1934); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Sep 1935); Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1935); Hauptmann (01 Mar 1937); Major (19 Jul 1940); Oberstleutnant (26 Oct 1942); Oberst (21 Oct 1943); Generalmajor (17 Jan 1945)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Soldat in the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Jun 1924-31 Aug 1925)
Retired (31 Aug 1925)
Entered Police Service as a Police-Aspirant at the Police-School in Brandenburg, Havel and subsequently with the Security-Police Berlin, from 1929 was Police-Officer-Aspirant (13 Oct 1925-24 Feb 1933)
Platoon-Leader in the Police-Detachment Wecke (25 Feb 1933-31 May 1933)
Platoon-Leader in Police-Group Wecke (01 Jun 1933-16 Jul 1933)
Platoon-Leader in State-Police-Group Wecke (17 Jul 1933-11 Jan 1934)
Platoon-Leader in State-Police-Group �General G�ring� (12 Jan 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Company-Leader in State-Police-Group �General G�ring� (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Chief of the 15th (Pioneer) Company in Luftwaffe-Regiment �General G�ring� (01 Oct 1935-31 Aug 1937)
Paratrooper-Course in Stendal (10 Aug 1936-26 Sep 1936)
Chief of the 15th (Parachute-Pioneer) Company in Luftwaffe-Regiment �General G�ring� (01 Sep 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Company-Chief in the 1st Paratrooper-Regiment (01 Apr 1938-31 Dec 1939)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 1st Paratrooper-Regiment (01 Jan 1940-17 Apr 1942)
Temporary-Chief Of Operations in the Staff of the 7th Flying-Division (18 Apr 1942-03 Jun 1942)
Commander of the 1st Paratrooper-Regiment (04 Jun 1942-17 Nov 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 1st Paratrooper-Division (18 Nov 1944-02 May 1945)
In US Captivity (02 May 1945-17 Oct 1947)
Released (17 Oct 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (38): am 24.05.1940 als Hauptmann und Kommandeur III. Bataillon/ Fallschirm-J�ger-Regiment 1
- Eichenlaub (459): am 20.04.1944 als Oberst und Kommandeur Fallschirm-J�ger-Regiment 1
- Schwerter (112): am 18.11.1944 als Oberst und F�hrer 1. Fallschirm-J�ger-Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 09.03.1942 als Major und Kommandeur III. Bataillon/ Fallschirm-J�ger-Regiment 1
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis III. Klasse
- Fallschirmsch�tzen-Abzeichen
- 1939 EK II: 12.05.1940
- 1939 EK I: 12.05.1940
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
- �rmelband �Kreta�


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