, ca. 1943 Schubert made his first appearance on Crete in summer 1941 as military interpreter to the Local German Command (Ortskommandatur) in
Chania under
general Alexander Andrae commander of occupied Crete. Possibly during August 1941 he was transferred to the Regional German Command (Kreiskommandatur) in
Rethymno. They were notorious for their sadistic practices during attacks against civilians that involved beating, torture, shootings and the destruction of numerous villages in Crete and Makedonia (e.g.,
Oropedio Lasithiou, Rodakino,
Kali Sykia,
Kallikratis, etc.). Even today, calling someone a
Schuberitis is considered in Crete to be a serious insult synonymous to treachery and cruelty. These events had enraged the
local resistance fighters and the British agents and made them want to eliminate the
Schuberai at all costs. Soon, Schubert's unit lost its effectiveness as it could not operate away from his base without the escort of a large Wehrmacht protective force. It is also possible that German officers in Crete were enraged because Schubert's practices were too cruel even for the standards of Nazi Germany. Hence, in January 1944 Schubert was ordered by Bruno Brauer to leave Crete. While in Macedonia, Schubert's group continued their hideous activities, being responsible for the massacres of
Chortiatis and
Giannitsa, among others. When the German Army retreated from Macedonia in October 1944 Schubert and 70 of his men also retreated to Yugoslavia and stayed there for a few months. Schubert arrived in Vienna in February 1945 and before the Red Army captured the city he went to
Schwaz in west Austria. When the US army arrived to Schwaz, Schubert and his mistress impersonated Greek displaced persons and were placed in a camp in Innsbruck awaiting transfer to Greece. ==After World War II==