Josef Schulz

Josef Schulz (1909/1910 – 20 July 1941), also spelled Joseph Schultz, was a German soldier of the 714th Infantry Division stationed in German-occupied Serbia during World War II. He died in 1941, allegedly executed after refusing to take part in an execution of partisans. The German High Command recorded him as killed in action. The plot of the Yugoslav short film Joseph Schultz is based on the incident. Based on a study of records from the German Bundesarchiv, the incident was dismissed as a legend by many scholars in the 1990s.

Life Josef Schulz was a German soldier. He was born in 1909 and lived in Barmen, Wuppertal, Germany. During World War II, he served as a corporal He is officially recorded as having died during operations in Yugoslavia on 19 July 1941.

When the bodies of the victims were exhumed after the war, an eyewitness recalls that remains of military equipment ascribed to a German soldier were also recovered, while an identification tag got lost. is disputed.

The movie was recommended as a resource for teaching by the US-based Educational Film Library Association (EFLA)