Julian Scherner

Infobox Military Person
name= Julian Scherner
lived=birth date|1895|9|23|df=y — death date and age|1945|4|28|1895|9|23|df=y


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placeofbirth=Bagamoyo
placeofdeath=Niepołomice
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1922)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=
serviceyears=1932-1945
rank=SS-Oberführer
commands=SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 11 Reinhard Heydrich
SS-Truppenübungsplatz Böhmen
SS and Police Leader of Kraków
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battles=World War II
awards=EK II
War Merit Cross First Class with Swords
War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords
Wound Badge
Cross of Honor
laterwork=

Julian Scherner (September 23, 1895-April 28, 1945) was a Nazi Party official who served in the "Schutzstaffel" (SS) as an "SS-Oberführer". Scherner is most notorious for his career as SS and Police Leader of Kraków, Poland.

Scherner was the SS and police commander of Kraków at the time and as such oversaw and was responsible for all 'evacuations' that took place during his time there, including Aktion Krakau. His position afforded him a great deal of authority in many areas, as the title of SS and Police Leader was conferred to high-ranking Nazi Party members, reporting directly to the Himmler's deputy.

He appeared before an SS Court on the 16th October 1944 and as a result he was demoted from SS-Oberführer der Reserve in the Waffen-SS to SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve. He was too much interested, like Amon Göth, in the confiscated goods from the Plaszow camp [http://balsi.de/Weltkrieg/Biographien/Scherner-Julian.htm] . His Allgemeine-SS rank was not changed though.

Schindler's List

In the film "Schindler's List", Julian Scherner's character was played by Polish actor Andrzej Seweryn. Oscar Schindler was carrying out his work in the area under Scherner's supervision, and the two knew each other formally. In the film he is portrayed as a cold and calculating man, if somewhat coarse, and the extent of their relationship is detailed in the movie.

Summary of his military career

Dates of rank

* SS-Untersturmführer - July 31, 1933
* SS-Obersturmführer - December 24, 1933
* SS-Hauptsturmführer - March 1, 1934
* SS-Sturmbannführer - August 12, 1934
* SS-Obersturmbannführer - January 1, 1935
* SS-Standartenführer - January 30, 1936
* SS-Oberführer - September 12, 1937

Notable decorations

*Iron Cross Second Class
*SS-Honour Ring
*War Merit Cross First Class with Swords
*War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords
*Cross of Honor
*Wound Badge in Black
*Honor Sword of Reichsführer SS
*Coburg Badge
*Blood Order

References