The German refused to shoot the prisoners. Joseph Schulz: But there was one who didn’t shoot

The German Wehrmacht left a bad memory of itself. No matter how its veterans denied numerous war crimes, they were not only soldiers, but also punishers. But the name of this Wehrmacht soldier in Serbia is pronounced with respect. A film was made about him, his name is on the pages of a Serbian textbook.

In July 1941, a partisan detachment was defeated in Serbia near the village of Vishevets. After a heavy battle, a clean-up operation was carried out, during which 16 local residents suspected of supporting and sympathizing with the partisans were arrested. The military trial was quick, its verdict was predictable: all 16 were sentenced to death. A platoon from the 714th Infantry Division was assigned to carry out the sentence. The convicts were blindfolded and placed in front of a haystack. The soldiers stood against them and took their rifles at the ready. Another moment - and the command “Feuer!” will sound, after which 16 people will join the endless list of victims of the Second World War. But one of the soldiers lowered his rifle. He approached the officer and declared that he would not shoot: he was a soldier, not an executioner. The officer reminded the soldier of the oath and presented him with a choice: either the soldier returns to duty and, together with others, fulfills the order, or he stands at the stack with the convicts. A few moments and the decision is made. The soldier put his rifle on the ground, walked towards the Serbs sentenced to death and stood next to them. This soldier's name is Joseph Schultz.

Was it or wasn't it?

For a long time, the very fact of Joseph Schultz’s refusal to participate in the execution of civilians and his subsequent execution was questioned. It was claimed that this whole story was communist propaganda. The Schulz family received official notification that Corporal Joseph Schultz gave his life for the Fuhrer and the Reich in a battle with Tito’s “bandits.” But the commander of the 714th division, Friedrich Stahl, described this incident in detail in his diary. Photographs taken by one of the members of the firing squad were even found. In one of them, Joseph Schultz, without and without a helmet, heads towards a haystack to stand among those being shot. The exhumation of the remains of the victims in 1947 put an end to the dispute. Among the 17 buried, one was in the uniform of the Wehrmacht troops. Joseph Schultz did not die in battle, but was shot. The division command decided to hide the shameful fact of the soldier’s failure to comply with the order, and the company commander, Oberleutnant Gollub, sent Schultz’s mother in Wuppertal a notice of the heroic death of her son in battle.

A photo taken by one of the executioners has been preserved: a Wehrmacht soldier goes to the Serbs

Who is he, Joseph Schulz?

There is nothing heroic in the biography of Corporal Joseph Schultz. His father died in the First World War, Joseph remained the eldest in the family and began working early. Trade school, work as a window decorator. According to his brother's recollections, Josef was neither hot-tempered, nor reckless, nor aggressive, but rather soft and sentimental. I was never involved in politics, was neither a communist nor a social democrat.

He was ready to serve his homeland and the Fuhrer. At the time of his death he was 32 years old, a man with a fully formed worldview. He knew very well how a soldier who refused to carry out an order was punished in wartime. Why didn't he just shoot in the air? After all, no one would have known that his bullet flew past. But then, in the eyes of everyone else, he would become a murderer and would remain so forever. Unlike many, neither the oath nor military duty could become an excuse for him. Quite consciously, he decided to die with clean hands and name.

There were such people

In Serbia, at the site of the tragedy there is a monument to the victims. There is a plaque on the monument with the names of those executed. 17 surnames: 16 Serbian and 1 German.

Soviet film director M. Romm said: “You need to have considerable courage to give your life for your Motherland. But sometimes you need to have no less courage to say “no” when everyone around you says “yes”, in order to remain human when everyone around you has ceased to be human. Still, there were people in Germany who said “no” to fascism. Yes, there were few such people. But they were."

German soldier, participant in World War II. He was shot by a German officer in a Serbian village for standing up for partisans sentenced to death. In the former Yugoslavia, and now in modern Serbia, he is considered an anti-fascist hero.

    Josef Schulz (Schultz) - German. (Jozef Šulc - Serb.) was born in 1909, Wuppertal, Germany. Shot on July 19, 1941, in the village of Smederevska Palanka, Yugoslavia. He was a German soldier, 114th Jäger (714th Infantry) Division.
    Josef was considered by his colleagues to be a calm person who could maintain fun in any company. He was not hot-tempered, reckless, and was more often considered gentle. He was fond of playing the piano, and was also a good artist - he was excellent at reproductions of paintings by Dutch artists.

    In July 1941, German troops defeated the Palanatsky partisan company on Mount Gradishte near the village of Vishevets. In the Serbian village of Smederevska Palanka, the Germans captured 16 civilians, accusing them of aiding the partisans and sent them to an improvised prison - to the stables of the 5th Cavalry Regiment named after Queen Maria Karadjordjevic. The military court sentenced all 16 people to death; the sentence was to be carried out on the evening of July 19.
    The same stable was chosen as the place for execution - the prisoners were placed with their backs to a haystack, and the partisans were first blindfolded. But just before the execution, Joseph Schultz, who was included in the firing squad, suddenly threw his rifle to the ground and exclaimed:
    - Ich schieße nicht! Diese Männer sind unschuldig! (I won't shoot! These people are innocent!)
    The commander of the firing squad, upon hearing this phrase, froze in shock: the division soldier refused
    carry out the order. The decision was made immediately - Schultz was recognized as a rebel, and for failure to comply with the order he should be shot. The sentence was carried out immediately. Josef was buried next to the executed partisans.


    Joseph Schulz a few minutes before his death (indicated by an arrow)
    Josef stands in front of the partisans, there is no longer a weapon in his hands, and there is also no helmet on his head. On both sides are his armed colleagues. The photographer is to the right of the firing squad. The identification of the figure in this particular photograph as Schultz is disputed by a number of historians and biographers....


    To hide the fact of the mutiny in the division, Josef’s family was sent a falsified “funeral”, which was initiated by the command.
    In 1972, Joseph's brother Walter traveled to Yugoslavia to get acquainted with the details of his brother's death. Having studied the photograph in question, Walter confirmed that it actually depicted Joseph Schultz.
    Yugoslav journalist Zvonimir Jankovic also managed to find a photograph from the scene of the execution, which showed an arguing Wehrmacht officer and soldier; although that soldier was in a German uniform, there were no distinctive insignia of the Wehrmacht on it. Apparently, this was the same Joseph. In 1973, journalists from the Yugoslav newspaper Politika visited Walter Schulz in Germany, who gave an interview and talked about his brother.
    In Yugoslavia, the German soldier was actually made a national hero and a symbol of anti-fascist resistance.

Joseph Schultz (Schultz)

German soldier, participant in World War II. He was shot by a German officer in a Serbian village for standing up for partisans sentenced to death. In the former Yugoslavia, and now in modern Serbia, he is considered an anti-fascist hero.

Josef Schulz (Schultz) - German. (Jozef Šulc - Serbian) was born in 1909, Wuppertal, Germany. Shot on July 19, 1941, in the village of Smederevska Palanka, Yugoslavia. He was a German soldier, 114th Jäger (714th Infantry) Division.

Josef was considered by his colleagues to be a calm person who could maintain fun in any company. He was not hot-tempered, reckless, and was more often considered gentle. He was fond of playing the piano, and was also a good artist - he was excellent at reproductions of paintings by Dutch artists.

In July 1941, German troops defeated the Palanatsky partisan company on Mount Gradishte near the village of Vishevets. In the Serbian village of Smederevska Palanka, the Germans captured 16 civilians, accusing them of aiding the partisans and sent them to an improvised prison - to the stables of the 5th Cavalry Regiment named after Queen Maria Karadjordjevic. The military court sentenced all 16 people to death; the sentence was to be carried out on the evening of July 19.

The same stable was chosen as the place for execution - the prisoners were placed with their backs to a haystack, and the partisans were first blindfolded. But just before the execution, Joseph Schultz, who was included in the firing squad, suddenly threw his rifle to the ground and exclaimed:

- Ich schieße nicht! Diese Männer sind unschuldig! (I won't shoot! These people are innocent!)

The commander of the firing squad, upon hearing this phrase, froze in shock: the division soldier refused

carry out the order. The decision was made immediately - Schultz was recognized as a rebel, and for failure to comply with the order he should be shot. The sentence was carried out immediately. Josef was buried next to the executed partisans.

Joseph Schulz a few minutes before his death (indicated by an arrow)

Josef stands in front of the partisans, there is no longer a weapon in his hands, and there is also no helmet on his head. On both sides are his armed colleagues. The photographer is to the right of the firing squad. The identification of the figure in this particular photograph as Schultz is disputed by a number of historians and biographers...

To hide the fact of the mutiny in the division, Josef’s family was sent a falsified “funeral”, which was initiated by the command.

In 1972, Joseph's brother Walter traveled to Yugoslavia to get acquainted with the details of his brother's death. Having studied the photograph in question, Walter confirmed that it actually depicted Joseph Schultz.

Yugoslav journalist Zvonimir Jankovic also managed to find a photograph from the scene of the execution, which showed an arguing Wehrmacht officer and soldier; although that soldier was in a German uniform, there were no distinctive insignia of the Wehrmacht on it. Apparently, this was the same Joseph. In 1973, journalists from the Yugoslav newspaper Politika visited Walter Schulz in Germany, who gave an interview and talked about his brother.

In Yugoslavia, the German soldier was actually made a national hero and a symbol of anti-fascist resistance.

The German Wehrmacht left a bad memory of itself. No matter how its veterans denied numerous war crimes, they were not only soldiers, but also punishers. But the name of this Wehrmacht soldier in Serbia is pronounced with respect. A film was made about him, his name is on the pages of a Serbian history textbook.

In July 1941, a partisan detachment was defeated in Serbia near the village of Vishevets. After a heavy battle, a clean-up operation was carried out, during which 16 local residents suspected of supporting and sympathizing with the partisans were arrested. The military trial was quick, its verdict was predictable: all 16 were sentenced to death. A platoon from the 714th Infantry Division was assigned to carry out the sentence. The convicts were blindfolded and placed in front of a haystack. The soldiers stood against them and took their rifles at the ready. Another moment - and the command “Feuer!” will sound, after which 16 people will join the endless list of victims of the Second World War. But one of the soldiers lowered his rifle. He approached the officer and declared that he would not shoot: he was a soldier, not an executioner. The officer reminded the soldier of the oath and presented him with a choice: either the soldier returns to duty and, together with others, fulfills the order, or he stands at the stack with the convicts. A few moments and the decision is made. The soldier put his rifle on the ground, walked towards the Serbs sentenced to death and stood next to them. This soldier's name is Joseph Schultz.


A photo taken by one of the executioners has been preserved: a Wehrmacht soldier goes to the Serbs

Who is he, Joseph Schulz?

There is nothing heroic in the biography of Corporal Joseph Schulz. His father died in the First World War, Joseph remained the eldest in the family and began working early. Trade school, work as a window decorator. According to his brother's recollections, Josef was neither hot-tempered, nor reckless, nor aggressive, but rather soft and sentimental. I was never involved in politics, was neither a communist nor a social democrat.

He was ready to serve his homeland and the Fuhrer. At the time of his death he was 32 years old, a man with a fully formed worldview. He knew very well how a soldier who refused to carry out an order was punished in wartime. Why didn't he just shoot into the air? After all, no one would have known that his bullet flew past. But then, in the eyes of everyone else, he would become a murderer and would remain so forever. Unlike many, neither the oath nor military duty could become an excuse for him. Quite consciously, he decided to die with clean hands and name.

There were such people

In Serbia, at the site of the tragedy there is a monument to the victims. There is a plaque on the monument with the names of those executed. 17 surnames: 16 Serbian and 1 German.

Soviet film director M. Romm said: “You need to have considerable courage to give your life for your Motherland. But sometimes you need to have no less courage to say “no” when everyone around you says “yes”, in order to remain human when everyone around you has ceased to be human. Still, there were people in Germany who said “no” to fascism. Yes, there were few such people. But they were."

Was it or wasn't it?

For a long time, the very fact of Joseph Schultz’s refusal to participate in the execution of civilians and his subsequent execution was questioned. It was claimed that this whole story was communist propaganda. The Schulz family received official notification that Corporal Joseph Schultz gave his life for the Fuhrer and the Reich in a battle with Tito’s “bandits.” But the commander of the 714th division, Friedrich Stahl, described this incident in detail in his diary. Photographs taken by one of the members of the firing squad were even found. In one of them, Joseph Schultz, without a weapon and without a helmet, heads towards a haystack to stand among those being shot. The exhumation of the remains of the victims in 1947 put an end to the dispute. Among the 17 buried, one was in the uniform of the Wehrmacht troops. Joseph Schultz did not die in battle, but was shot. The division command decided to hide the shameful fact of the soldier’s failure to comply with the order, and the company commander, Oberleutnant Gollub, sent Schultz’s mother in Wuppertal a notice of the heroic death of her son in battle.


Monument to those executed

  • Letter from Lieutenant Gollub to Schultz's mother.

    “A simple (modest) cross adorns his grave! He died like a hero! During a fierce firefight, he received a ricocheting bullet in his right lung. Then arriving reinforcements put the gang of communists to flight, and your son was bandaged. But any possible help was in vain. He died within minutes."

    Wallet with contents: 12 Reichsmarks, 2 keys and a wedding ring
    Various empty envelopes
    Medallion containing various photographs
    A bar of soap for washing, a 4-piece cutlery
    A bar of shaving soap, 4 handkerchiefs
    Automatic pencil (silver plated), one pad
    Glasses, letters from home
    Harmonica, letter home
    Scissors, letter home
    Exita brand watches
    Pocket mirror and comb

    For all questions of social security and assistance, you should contact the relevant Wehrmacht departments, the location of which will be readily communicated to you at any military institution. We mourn with you the loss of our son, since he was, to all of us, a valuable and reliable comrade. He will forever remain in our memory.

    Signed: Gollub

    Oberleutnant, company commander.

    original text(German)
    Ein schlichtes Kreuz ziert sein Grab! Er starb als Held! Bei einem Feuergefecht erhielt er nach heftigem Feuerkampf einen Querschläger in die rechte Lunge. Durch inzwischen eingetroffene Verstärkung wurde die Kommunistenbande in die Flucht geschlagen und Ihr Sohn verbunden. Jede menschliche Hilfe war jedoch vergeblich. Der Tod trat nach wenigen Minuten ein.1 Geldbörse mit Inhalt: 12.- RM 2 Schlüssel u. 1 Traumatization
    1„ leer Diverse Briefe
    1 Nähkasten mit Inhalt Diverse Bilder
    1 Stück Waschseife Essbesteck 4teilig
    1 Stück Rasierseife 4 Taschentücher
    1 Drehbleistift (versilbert) 1 Notizbuch
    1 Brille Briefe aus der Heimat
    1 Mundharmonika Brief zur Heimat
    1 Schere 1 Brief zur Heimat
    1 Armbanduhr Marke Exita
    1 Taschenspiegel u. Kamm
    In allen Fürsorge- und Versorgungsfragen wird Ihnen das zuständige Wehrmachtsfürsorge- und Versorgungsamt, dessen Standort bei jeder militärischen Dienststelle zu erfahren ist, bereitwilligst Auskunft erteilen. Wir trauern mit Ihnen um den Verlust Ihres Sohnes, denn er war uns allen ein liebwerter und treuer Kamerad. Er wird uns unvergessen bleiben.
    Unterschrift: Gollub
    Oberleutnant und Kompaniechef

    In the 1960s, German weeklies Neue Illustrierte And Quick published photographs from the scene of the execution, and one of them showed a soldier without a weapon and without a helmet. The Germans were questioned about who this man could be. Bundestag deputy Wilderich Freiherr Ostmann von der Leye, having studied the photograph, soon stated that the photograph actually depicted Joseph Schultz - the source was the diary of division commander Friedrich Stahl, which was provided by his son, who worked in the military archive of Freiburg. However, Josef’s colleagues, who shot the partisans, argued the opposite: the photograph did not depict a dead soldier at all. Members of the commission investigating Nazi crimes made similar statements in Ludwigsburg.. Although the date of Shultz’s death was not in doubt (after the battle with the Yugoslavs on July 19, 1941, the death of the division commander was reported at 2 a.m. on July 20), archivists stated that the incident in the village was an invention of Yugoslav propaganda.

    Then which German soldier is buried in the village grave?

  • 2. Excerpt from the article by Karl Bethke “German anti-Hitler resistance in (former) Yugoslavia”:

    The most extravagant pages in the history of German-Yugoslav relations are devoted to the case of Corporal Joseph Schulz from Wuppertal, who on July 20, 1941 allegedly refused to participate in the execution of 16 partisans in Smederevska Palanka, as a result of which he was executed himself. The story was questioned (H. Lichtenstein, A. Rückerl, F. Stahl), because examinations from the research center in Ludwigsburg and the Freiburg military archive prove that Schultz died the day before; already at two o'clock in the morning on July 20, a report of his death was received by the army command, and a photograph of the fallen was sent to his relatives. Therefore, the statement that the Schultz case is an illustrative example of the so-called. Befehlsnotstand (failure to comply with a criminal order) raises legitimate objections. Nevertheless, in Yugoslavia, as well as among the Germans, who value friendship with Yugoslavia and the Serbs, the myth of Schultz has many supporters - which contributes to its popularity. The poet Antonje Iskaovich witnessed the execution in Palanka and described it in the story “Satovi”, however, he does not mention the German soldier, but only the 16 partisans who were shot. In addition, he claims that he saw photographs of the execution at an exhibition organized by the commission for the investigation of war crimes back in 1945 in Belgrade.
    According to the director of the factory (then serving as a barracks), on the territory of which the execution took place, Caslav Vlajic, after the war, during the exhumation, which he attended as a schoolboy, German shoe nails and pieces of buckles were found - apparently, there was a German soldier in the grave, identifying the sign was then lost. They decided to immortalize the story of a soldier who, for ethical reasons, opposed his own people - a classic plot of a heroic epic - on a monument erected in 1947, for which they Germanized the name of the Croatian worker shot that day. Marcel Mezhich became Marcel Mazel - because of the foreign-sounding name, they decided that he was of German origin. The story of the shot German surfaced again in 1961 in the Yugoslav press; in December of the same year, German magazines (Neue Illustrte, in 1966 Kwik) published photographs from the military archive. They depict the execution of hostages in the countryside, with one showing the blurry figure of “a German soldier whose military insignia is unidentifiable.” Without a helmet or belt, perhaps with his hands tied, he appears to be heading towards the victims to stand in line with them. The magazines asked readers if anyone had witnessed this incident. The film, according to an archive worker in Palanca, was taken by a local photographer, and after the division was transferred to the eastern front, it remained in Palanca. It is curious that in the book about the history of Palanca, photographs were published, but not a word was said about the story of Schultz.
    SPD Bundestag member Ostmann, based on the combat log of the 714th Infantry Division, “identified” the photo as the shooting at Palanka, and the shot as Schultz, who died that day. Ostmann found Schulz's brother Walter and organized a trip for him to Yugoslavia in 1972. After reviewing the details, Walter Schultz decided that the photo was his brother. However, Schultz's comrades assured the Wuppertal Tageszeitung that they had seen with their own eyes how Schultz died in battle with the partisans (Heinz Ufer said that he found a seriously wounded Schultz in his truck, and Chaplain Brown recalled that Schultz was buried with military honors) . An examination of the research center in Ludwigsburg in 1972 unequivocally refuted the legend of the execution. The director of the factory, Vlaich, who spoke German and gave interviews to numerous media outlets, then maintained business contacts with German companies; in a conversation with the author, he confirmed that by promoting the “Schulz case,” among other things, he wanted to attract tourists. Today he tells the Serbian press that the story is “still a big mystery” for him. To overcome doubts, another witness was brought forward - Zvonimir Yankovic - he saw how the officer spoke angrily and “in a raised voice” to a German protester without insignia. Against the background of the resumption of diplomatic relations, Schultz began to be used by both sides as a symbol of the “other Germany”. In Yugoslavia, history, set out in many publications and even in a school textbook, dampened post-war anti-German protests, which did not fit in with the views of the younger generation and the development of economic ties. Bonn in Schulz from Smederevska Palanka found its “good German”. Predrag Golubović filmed the story of Schulz in 1972. The short film, commissioned by the Zastava army film studio, was shown as a magazine in cinemas and shown at international festivals in Oberhausen, Atlanta, Birmingham, etc. It is curious that the director creatively reworked the critics' argument about the missing insignia in the photo. In the film they are theatrically torn down. Mira Aleshkovich composed poems about the hero; the intention to name a street in his honor was not realized. In the late seventies there was a scandal. When Mina Kovacevic sculpted the figure of Schultz in 1978, local politicians and the union of veteran partisans protested. The litigation lasted until 1981 and ended in the defeat of the sculptor. The local community council said that a sculpture depicting a foreign soldier, especially a German, despite his heroism, does not fit into the official paradigm. However, colleagues in Belgrade supported Kovacevic, and when she turned to the German embassy for help, even Stern drew attention to the “stubbornness of comrades from the Serbian hinterland.”
    In the summer of 1981, German Ambassador Horst Grabert, together with Yugoslav Foreign Minister Vrbovec, laid wreaths at the old monument, after which he reported to Genoscher that all of Yugoslavia was “on Schultz’s side.” The research center in Ludwigsburg informed the German embassy of the legend's contradictions, but Grabert, appealing to the witness Jankovic and other evidence, made it clear that he "did not want to go against local beliefs." In 1997, Grabert revisited the story and called Schultz a "devout Catholic." In Yugoslav newspapers after 1973, when journalists visited Schulz’s brother Walter, new details also constantly surfaced: the artistic talent of the murdered corporal was emphasized, and later he even became a member of a secret anti-Hitler organization. A few meters from the old monument, a new one was erected in the early 80s, on which the name of Schultz was added (and the name of the Croatian Mezic was corrected). On July 20, 1997, German Ambassador Gruber spoke in front of the monument; footage of the speech was shown on television. Over the past 40 years, dozens of articles about Schultz have been published in Yugoslavia, most of which make passing mention or no mention at all of the reasoned objections of German historians. The figure of Schultz is firmly ingrained in the collective consciousness of the Serbs, regardless of the veracity of the original story. For example, in 1999, during demonstrations in Vojvodina, the leader of the local Social Democrats, Canak, called on Serbian police officers to follow the example of Josef Schulz and come over to their side.

    According to the director of the factory (then serving as a barracks), on the territory of which the execution took place, Caslav Vlajic, after the war, during the exhumation, which he attended as a schoolboy, German shoe nails and pieces of buckles were found - apparently, there was a German soldier in the grave, identifying the sign was then lost.
    Who was it? A partisan who wore a German belt and boots?

  • According to the director of the factory (then serving as a barracks), on the territory of which the execution took place, Caslav Vlajic, after the war, during the exhumation, which he attended as a schoolboy, German shoe nails and pieces of buckles were found - apparently, there was a German soldier in the grave, identifying the sign was then lost.
    Who wore German boots and a belt? One of the Partisans?

    IMHO, in order to shoot a Wehrmacht soldier who did not follow an order, it was necessary to draw up a bunch of papers and carry out a bunch of different bureaucratic procedures.
    This is not 1944 in some cauldron, where anger, nervousness and hopelessness pushes commanders to extreme measures. 1941, Yugoslavia. A soldier’s refusal to carry out an order would have entailed a mandatory court-martial, and it is unlikely that during that period of the war his comrades in arms would have started shooting at him...

  • So he served in the Luftwaffe? some kind of confusion..
  • In German historiography, the case of Joseph Schulz is clearly interpreted as the “myth of the good German” ( Guter-Deutscher-Mythos), which is intended to whitewash German military personnel during the Second World War. This is the so-called “legend of the whitewashed Wehrmacht” (


    Guter-Deutscher-Mythos), which is intended to whitewash German military personnel during World War II. This is the so-called “legend of the whitewashed Wehrmacht” ( Legende von der sauberen Wehrmacht), they say, the former Wehrmacht soldiers were not barbarians and sadists and there are no bloody stains on their conscience of reprisals against prisoners of war.

    Military Historical Research Institute in Freiburg ( das Militärgeschichtliche Forschungsamt in Freiburg) back in the 1970s, he refuted the myth of the humane German corporal. As the employees of this department established, in their archive there is a death certificate for Joseph Schultz, from which it is clear that he died on the eve of the execution and precisely at the hands of Yugoslav partisans. More precisely, it happened at 2 o'clock in the morning of the day when the shooting took place.

    According to the German historian Karl Bethke ( Karl Bethke), expressed by him in his work “Imagination of the German Resistance to Hitler in the Former Yugoslavia” ( Das Bild vom deutschen Widerstand gegen Hitler im ehemaligen Jugoslawien), “there is not a single case known of a German soldier being shot because he refused to take part in such executions.” This applies to Yugoslavia, but cases of refusal were recorded in Belarus, where Wehrmacht officers did not want to act as punishers of the Jewish population.

    Igor Bukker

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    Then whose name is on the obelisk? Yugoslav partisan with German roots? Vryatli... Partisan villagers from the outback with surnames indigenous to Serbs...
    I think so. And the Germans do not dispute the presence of Schulz’s name on the memorial plaque...

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