On behalf of the Organisation Consul, on August 26, 1921 Schulz, together with Henry Tillessen, murdered the centrist politician and former Finance Minister Matthias Erzberger at Bad Griesbach in the Black Forest.
Shortly before or shortly after his return to Germany, Schulz was granted amnesty by the impunity regulation from March 21, 1933,[REF] which was signed by Paul von Hindenburg.