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Albert Schnez
Albert Schnez in 1967
Born	(1911-08-30)30 August 1911 Abtsgmünd,Kingdom of Württemberg,German Empire
Died	26 April 2007(2007-04-26) (aged 95) Bonn,Germany
Allegiance	Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany  West Germany
Service/ branch	Reichsheer  German Army  German Army
Years of service	1930–1945 1957–1971
Rank	Generalleutnant
Unit	25th Panzergrenadier Division
Commands	CSArmed Forces Staff (1960) 5th Panzer Division (1962) III Corps (1965) Inspector of the Army (1968)
Awards	German Cross in Gold (1944) Federal Cross of Merit (1971)

Albert Schnez (30 August 1911 – 26 April 2007) was an officer in three successive German armies: theReichswehr, theWehrmacht, and finally theBundeswehr, the armed forces of the modernFederal Republic of Germany. He was involved in the debate on the internal leadership of the newly formedBundeswehr and was close to the German defense minister,Franz Josef Strauss. Schnez served from 1968 to 1971 with the rank of lieutenant-general (Generalleutnant) as theInspector of the Army.

From 1949, Schnez, together with other veterans of theWehrmacht andWaffen-SS, built a clandestine shadow army, the "Schnez-Truppe", that intended to fight against the Soviet Union in the event of an invasion, or German communists during a civil war.^[1] By 1951, ChancellorKonrad Adenauer had learned of the existence of this secret army and its head Schnez, but evidently declined to act against them.^[1]

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