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Eduard Schützek (1890-1979) is a German general of Luftwaffe, active during the Second World War. He was head of transmissions in the northeast sector to the Luftwaffe staff in 1945.

Eduard Schützek is born the , in Metz [ first ] , a city of animated garrison in Alsace-Lorraine [ 2 ] . With its fortified belt, Metz is then the first strong place of the German Reich [ 3 ] , constituting a real nursery of higher and general officers [ note 1 ] .

First World War [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Volunteer, Eduard Schützek is 24 years old in the Deutsches Heer, the [ 4 ] . Preparation of the reserve in [ 5 ] , he is affected in transmissions. He quickly climbed the hierarchical levels. Sergeant in , he is promoted Vizyfeldweebel , adjutant, and and leutnant, second lieutenant, the [ 5 ] . Schützek participates in military operations with the 25 It is Infantry-Division , first at 2 It is transmission battalion [ 4 ] , then with other units. He ended the war as a subordinate officer [ 5 ] .

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Eduard Schützek engages in the police the [ 4 ] With the rank of Police lieutenant [ 5 ] . Like his compatriots Johannes Hintz and Sigmund von Imhoff, Schützek has a career in the police of the Weimar Republic. Promoted to Oberleutnant, police lieutenant, in Allenstein, the , he is promoted Polizei-Huptmann, police captain, in Königsberg, the . Then assigned to Cassel in 1930, then to Stettin in 1933, he was promoted Polizei-Major, police commander, in [ 5 ] . In , Schützek leaves the police for the Luftwaffe, with the rank of Major, commander [ first ] . Schützek is appointed commander of the Air news school de Halle, the school of transmissions of the German air force. THE , he is assigned, as a specialist in transmissions, at Airkjeis command in , the staff of first is Air district. In , he takes the head of Air news department I , a detachment dedicated to the transmissions of the air force . In , he is promoted to Oberstleutnant, lieutenant-colonel, and takes the head of the Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment 3 [ first ] . Appointed head of transmissions of Luftgau-Who. III in , he occupies this post when war broke out.

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Appointed head of transmissions of Luftgau-Who. III in , Schützek occupies this post when war broke out [ 6 ] . He leaves the 3 It is regiment for the first is regiment of transmissions in , when he is appointed head of the transmissions of Flakkorps I , the first is German anti-aircraft defense [ 6 ] . In , he is promoted to Oberst, colonel. THE , Schützek is appointed head of staff of Air registration inspector , the Luftwaffe inspection service [ first ] . In , he is appointed assistant to Higher news leaders , the head of the transmissions of the Air fleet 1 . In , he is also appointed head of the transmissions of the ten It is Flak Corps . The , he is named Higher news leaders de la air fleet 2, la 2 It is German air fleet [ 6 ] . Promoted Generalmajor, brigade general, in , Eduard Schützek is assigned to Flight-inspizient D.LW , the inspection service of the air force , in . General Schützek will occupy this position until [ 6 ] . Shortly before defeat, the , Schützek is appointed responsible for transmissions, for the northeast sector, at the staff of the air force [ 6 ] . Taken prisoner by the allies on , he is finally released the [ first ] .

Eduard Schützek will die in Wiesbaden, Germany, the [ first ] . It rests in the biebrich cemetery of the town [ 4 ] .

  • Henry L. Dezeng Iv, Douglas G. Stanke: Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries – Luftwaffe Officers 1935 – 1945, Section S – Z , ( on line )

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  1. ↑ More than thirty generals and dozens of German superior officers, mostly active during the Second World War, will be born in Metz, before 1918.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e and f Henry L. Dezeng Iv, Douglas G. Stanke: Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries – Luftwaffe Officers 1935 – 1945, t.5, Section S-Z , April 2012 ( p. 125-126 )
    ( on line )
  2. ↑ L’Express , n O 2937, from October 18 to 24, 2007, file ” Metz in 1900 »
  3. ↑ François Roth: Metz annexed to the German Empire , In François-Yves Le Moigne, History of Metz , Privat, Toulouse, 1986, ( p. 350 ).
  4. ↑ A B C and D Biography on WW2GRAVESTONE.COM
  5. ↑ A B C D and E Service states
  6. ↑ A B C D and E Eduard Schützek Sur Lexikon-Dehrmacht.de

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