# Hauptmann Fritz Schneider — Tarzan the Untamed character guide

> Hauptmann Fritz Schneider in Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hauptmann Schneider, Hauptmann, the Hauptmann, Schneider, Herr Hauptmann Fritz Schneider, Hauptmann Fritz, Major Schneider, the luckless Major Schneider, Captain Fritz Schneider

**First appearance:** 0000-i-murder-and-pillage

## Snapshot

A German officer whose command of an East African fort makes him a target of Tarzan's vengeance for atrocities committed against the ape-man's Waziri people.

## Who they are

Hauptmann Fritz Schneider belongs to the German colonial force that burned Tarzan's bungalow and slaughtered his Waziri tribe, and he becomes one of the officers the ape-man hunts through the war-torn jungle. His fate is bound up with Tarzan's grim accounting of the men responsible for the raid, a reckoning that drives the novel's early movement. Though he commands soldiers and prisoners, he is ultimately powerless against a foe who moves through the trees like a beast.

## In the story

### [I: Murder and Pillage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/chapters/i-murder-and-pillage)

German officer who led the attack on Tarzan's farm; Tarzan follows his trail.

### [II: The Lion's Cave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/chapters/ii-the-lion-s-cave)

The terrified German officer is captured by Tarzan, subjected to a grueling march, and forced to face a starving lion in a rocky gulch.

### [In the German Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/chapters/iii-in-the-german-lines)

Previously trapped by Tarzan in a gulch with a starving lion; Tarzan finds the tree empty and the lion emaciated, suggesting Schneider may have fallen.

### [The Golden Locket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/chapters/v-the-golden-locket)

Tarzan learns that Schneider, the murderer of his wife, still lives and is the target of his vengeance.

### [VI: Vengeance and Mercy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/chapters/vi-vengeance-and-mercy)

The German officer who killed Tarzan's mate; is confronted and killed by Tarzan in Wilhelmstal after a fierce struggle.

### [When Blood Told](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_the_untamed_se/chapters/vii-when-blood-told)

Slain by Tarzan; his death is recalled as part of Tarzan's vengeance.

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