Rudolf "Rudi" Schmidt (15 March 1914 – 23 February 2000) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Despite being half Jewish, or Mischling under the Nuremberg Laws, Schmidt enlisted in the Luftwaffe and served with distinction.The Surreal Reich, By Joseph Howard Tyson, page 205Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military, Bryan Mark Rigg, page 39
Awards and decorations Flugzeugführerabzeichen Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold with Pennant Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class 1st Class German Cross in Gold (13 August 1942) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1945 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 26Fellgiebel 2000, p. 310.
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External links TracesOfWar.com Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945