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Ferdinand Schörner
Ferdinand Schörner served as Wehrmacht field marshal convicted for unlawful killing and attempted killings of subordinate soldiers. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Eastern Front · Central Europe through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- Ferdinand Schörner was born in Munich on 12 June 1892 and became one of the Wehrmacht’s highest commanders at the end of the war, reaching field-marshal rank. (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
- The Munich Regional Court examined specific cases of unlawful killing and attempted killings of subordinate soldiers rather than general responsibility for all of his commands. (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
- On 15 October 1957 the court found him guilty of manslaughter and two attempted killings and sentenced him to four years and six months in prison. (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
Place in the chain of responsibility
The profile rests on individualised acts adjudicated in Munich; his senior military rank is context and does not substitute for proof of conduct. (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
Key events and mechanisms
- 1944–1945 – commanded army groups on the Eastern Front (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
- 15 October 1957 – judgment of Munich Regional Court I (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
- after about two years – released on health grounds (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
Munich Regional Court I sentenced Schörner to four years and six months for manslaughter and two attempted killings. He was released before serving the full term on health grounds. (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
Limits of the evidence
The judgment did not cover every decision Schörner made as a Wehrmacht commander. The profile does not turn rank or reputation into proof of other untried acts. (Source: Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, Munich I Regional Court, 15.10.1957, 3 Ks 10/57, entry no. 466, p. 359 onward; Source: Deutsche Biographie, biographical profile “Schörner, Ferdinand”, life, commands and postwar proceedings)
Sources
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