When Hitler's "Lords of Greece" Paid For What They Did

When Nazi Germany invaded Greece in April 1941, the country entered more than three years of Axis occupation. As resistance spread, German forces increasingly relied on local collaborators to help maintain control. Among the most feared figures to emerge from this system was Friedrich “Fritz” Schubert, a German army interpreter who became commander of the collaborationist unit known as the Jagdkommando Schubert. Born in Dortmund in 1897, Schubert had lived in Turkey and Egypt before returning to Germany during the Second World War. His knowledge of Greek, Turkish, Italian and Arabic made him useful to the German occupation authorities, and in 1941 he was sent to Crete. There he gradually moved from interpreting and counterintelligence work to commanding an armed group of Greek collaborators. Known locally as the Schuberei, the unit was used to hunt resistance fighters and people suspected of supporting them. Granted extensive authority by Generalleutnant Bruno Bräuer, Schubert and his men became associated with some of the darkest episodes of the occupation. Their operations reached villages including Kali Sykia and Kallikratis before Schubert and part of his unit moved to Macedonia in 1944. There they joined forces connected with Greek collaborator Georgios Poulos and continued operations against the resistance and civilian communities. As German forces withdrew from Greece, Schubert fled north and eventually reached Austria. Using a false Greek identity, he later attempted to return to Greece among former concentration camp prisoners. His disguise failed after police questioning and witness identification. In 1947, a Greek court found him responsible for the deaths of 271 civilians and numerous other wartime crimes. This documentary traces Schubert’s path from German interpreter to collaborationist commander, the resistance that opposed him, and the post-war reckoning that followed. Join World History channel and get access to benefits: @worldhistoryvideos Disclaimer: All opinions and comments below are from members of the public and do not reflect the views of the World History channel. We do not accept promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on attributes such as: race, nationality, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation. World History has the right to review the comments and delete them if they are deemed inappropriate. ► CLICK the SUBSCRIBE button for more interesting clips: @worldhistoryvideos #FriedrichSchubert #wwiidocumentary #ww2history #greekpartisans #historydocumentary #worldwar2videos #worldhistory #worldwartwo #warcriminals #warcrimes #revengestory #axis #wehrmacht #resistance #operationbarbarossa #thirdreich #secondworldwar #ww2story #operationbarbarossa Friedrich Schubert biography, Greek resistance WW2, Nazi occupation of Greece, German war crimes, WW2 war crimes, Nazi criminals, War criminals WW2, German invasion of Greece, Greece World War 2, Second World War Greece, Greece during WW2, Greece German, Axis occupation of Greece, Stories about revenge, Greek collaborators WW2, Nazi collaborators explained, What was Operation Barbarossa, Invasion of Crete, Kali Sykia 1943, Manolis Bandouvas, Chortiatis 1944,