Albert Schnez

Albert Schnez
Albert Schnez in 1967
Born	(1911-08-30)30 August 1911 Abtsgmünd, Baden, German Empire
Died	26 April 2007(2007-04-26) (aged 95) Bonn, Germany
Allegiance	Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany
Service/branch	Reichswehr Wehrmacht Heer Bundeswehr
Years of service	1930–1945 1957–1971
Rank	Generalleutnant
Unit	25th Panzergrenadier Division
Commands held	CS Armed Forces Staff (1960) 5th Panzer Division (1962) III Corps (1965) Inspector of the Army (1968)
Awards	German Cross in Gold (1944) Federal Cross of Merit (1971)

Albert Schnez (30 August 1911 – 26 April 2007) was an officer in three successive German armies: the Reichswehr, the Wehrmacht, and finally the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of the modern Federal Republic of Germany. He was involved in the debate on the internal leadership of the newly formed Bundeswehr and was close to the German defense minister, Franz Josef Strauss. Schnez served from 1968 to 1971 with the rank of lieutenant-general (Generalleutnant) as the Inspector of the Army.

From 1949, Schnez, together with other veterans of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS, built a clandestine shadow army, the "Schnez-Truppe", that intended to fight against the Soviet Union.^[1] By 1951, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had learned of the existence of this secret army and its head Schnez, but evidently declined to act against them.^[1]

References

1 2 Klaus Wiegrefe (14 May 2014). "Files Uncovered: Nazi Veterans Created Illegal Army". Der Spiegel.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Josef Moll	Inspector of the Army 1 October 1968 – 30 September 1971	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Ernst Ferber
Preceded by Generalleutnant Heinrich Gaedcke	Commanding General, III Corps (Bundeswehr) 1 April 1965 – 30 September 1968	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Gerd Niepold
Preceded by Generalmajor Günther Pape	Commander of 5th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) 1 October 1962 – 31 March 1965	Succeeded by Generalmajor Heinz Hükelheim

Inspectors of the German Army

Hans Röttiger Alfred Zerbel Ulrich de Maizière Josef Moll Albert Schnez Ernst Ferber Horst Hildebrandt Johannes Poeppel Meinhard Glanz Hans-Henning von Sandrart Henning von Ondarza Jörg Schönbohm Helge Hansen Hartmut Bagger Helmut Willmann Gert Gudera Hans-Otto Budde Werner Freers Bruno Kasdorf Jörg Vollmer

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 292849324 ISNI: 0000 0003 9934 8578 GND: 1029300240

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