THE TERRIBLE EXECUTION OF THE JOSEF SCHULZ AND THE PARTISANS BEFORE THEIR EXECUTION ON ....

This event had taken place on the 20th of July 1941. As the German troops were pushing towards the Soviet union their main stop before crossing the borders were the Yugoslavian partisans fighting against fascism.

Most of the partisan members did not flee towards the Soviet Union as they wanted to die in their country, protecting it.

The guerilla group did have the will to fight however, with their poor armament and small numbers they did not stand a chance against the German forces and their blitzkrieg tactics.

Some of the people that have been executed on that date were civilians, the Germans knew this was a war crime but their intent of killing these civilians was to stop them from joining the partisans.

Even before the date at hand, the Germans would often round up people from villages and execute them with not much of a particular reason apart from their potential to one day fight back. However, on the 20th of July 1941 something went very different.

Josef Schulz (1909–1941)

This brave German soldier was only 32 years of age at the time, he was part of the 714th infantry division and had fought for almost a whole year on the eastern front. On the 20th of July 1941, his division was located in Smederevska Palanka (southeast of Belgrade/Serbia), a small village occupied by elders and a few partisans. Schulz was ordered to round up all the villagers and partisans which he did.

The next order that Schulz received was to execute them, at which point he said that he will not shot as those men were innocent. His officer ordered him once again to execute them, but Schulz still refused.

At that point, the officer ordered another soldier to take Schulz helmet off and align him with the villagers and partisans. On that day Schulz was executed for disobeying orders, in fact he was the first one to be executed.

This is the only picture that could be found of Josef Schulz, he was not blindfolded like the other as the officer wanted him to see what he gave his life for. Something that is interesting is that the military records state KIA (killed in action) and not that he had been executed for disobeying orders.

There is even a short movie from 1973 made by Yugoslav Zastava Film trying to recreate the moment. The movie is named after the soldier “Joseph Schultz”.

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