Ludwig von Schröder | |
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Born | 12 September 1884 Kiel, German Empire |
Died | 28 July 1941 Lychen, Nazi Germany | (aged 56)
Allegiance |
German Empire (1903-1918) Weimar Republic (1918-1933) Nazi Germany (1933-1941) |
Rank |
General der Flakartillerie Vizeadmiral |
Ludwig Karl Hermann von Schröder (12 September 1884 – 28 July 1941) [1] was a Luftwaffe General who served as the second Military Commander in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia. [2] [3]
As the military commander in Serbia, on 31 May 1941 he ordered the registration of the Jews and Gypsies, who had to be registered and carry a yellow armband as a means of identification. [1] This order also contained a ban on the free exercise of professions and exclusion from the public service and private companies. [4] This was followed by the command of the military administration to do forced labor. [4] The Nazi measure to register Jewish assets was also carried out to facilitate the later " aryanization" (de-Jewification). [4] With these orders by Schröder, anti-Jewish persecution measures were standardized in the entire occupied Serbia. [4] Schröder died in the Hohenlychen SS hospital, where he had been transported on 23 July after an airplane accident in Belgrade. [2] [5]